I'm not convinced the risk for losing Fromsoft to them is super high. I also think Kadokawa is really proud of owning Fromsoft and they probably bring in alot of money and clout for them. Their only other game studio makes visual novels.
Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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Them owning so few studios is what makes me think they would be willing to sell. I doubt MS can buy any big Japanese publisher because they simply wouldn't have what to do with them, but I could see someone like Phil Spencer thinking he could just buy From Software and people would flock to Xbox.
Hopefully Hidetaka Miyazaki has the good sense to not get involved with MS and ruin their streak of great games. Kojima chose to got in bed with MS to some degree, we'll see what comes out of that.
Kojima already mentioned that he rejected some buyout offers in an interview, one for an obscene amount of money. I'm also still skeptical that Fromsoft would sell to MS for cultural reasons or that Japan's regulators would be cool with it.
If anything, Sony is getting From. Let the xbots seethe and cope all they want. Their console has been dealt a deathblow.
The "I was hoping Microsoft would 'clean up' Activision Blizzard" gambit.
"The most serious incidents in the lawsuit were the three alleged rapes and sexual assaults. They included a female Microsoft intern raped by a male Microsoft intern who reported the incident to her supervisor and HR. Despite this she had to continue to work alongside her alleged rapist."
>>> This is how much ResetEra cared when the allegations surfaced. <<<
4 replies. So very many tears.
The ABK employee worries is pure perfomative
UK revamps competition and consumer regimes
UK publishes Digital Markets and Consumers Bill which will make significant changes to the UK competition and consumer rules.
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Who would’ve thought that brexit would make the UK stop this consolidation madness?UK revamps competition and consumer regimes
UK publishes Digital Markets and Consumers Bill which will make significant changes to the UK competition and consumer rules.
And some folks are bizarrely hoping the government somehow intevenes to help MS, they are planning to give the CMA more powers, good luck to anyone thinking of applying that type of pressure.UK revamps competition and consumer regimes
UK publishes Digital Markets and Consumers Bill which will make significant changes to the UK competition and consumer rules.
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Oh they don't know. PS already has shares there lol. Why would they pick MS over Sony
Gluttons for punishment. They are addicted to the feeling of disappointment, that's when something is obviously not going their way they double down, because of the extra-strong hit of depression when their doubling down bites them in the ass.
Microsoft might be entering the stage of fucking around and finding out
UK revamps competition and consumer regimes
UK publishes Digital Markets and Consumers Bill which will make significant changes to the UK competition and consumer rules.
We talked about him a few days ago and it's true that I never saw his reaction. He was absent from the Acti thread. Did he say anything before going dark? I missed it.
He posts as Sulley on InstallBase.
He got that ban before the blocking by CMA.
The publication The Guardian destroys Microsoft....
"Microsoft can yank investment from the UK if it wishes, but another part of the global tech industry may be encouraged by the rare sight of a regulator being willing to step into the path of US Big Tech’s steamroller."
"Indeed, the more common complaint is that the regulator is too willing to accept an acquirer’s proposed remedies to competition concerns. Microsoft tried the remedy route with Activision but the CMA, unusually, wasn’t convinced. Tough.
And, whatever Smith thinks, the EU is not some regulatory paradise for big companies in which every big deal goes through on the nod. Deals sometimes get stopped by Brussels too."
"For Smith and Microsoft, it is apparently “the darkest day in our four decades in Britain”. The remark merely advertises Big Tech’s sense of entitlement. Go to appeal, or take the decision on the chin. Either way, get a sense of proportion."
www.theguardian.com
Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA did its job
"Microsoft can yank investment from the UK if it wishes, but another part of the global tech industry may be encouraged by the rare sight of a regulator being willing to step into the path of US Big Tech’s steamroller."
"Indeed, the more common complaint is that the regulator is too willing to accept an acquirer’s proposed remedies to competition concerns. Microsoft tried the remedy route with Activision but the CMA, unusually, wasn’t convinced. Tough.
And, whatever Smith thinks, the EU is not some regulatory paradise for big companies in which every big deal goes through on the nod. Deals sometimes get stopped by Brussels too."
"For Smith and Microsoft, it is apparently “the darkest day in our four decades in Britain”. The remark merely advertises Big Tech’s sense of entitlement. Go to appeal, or take the decision on the chin. Either way, get a sense of proportion."
Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision Blizzard takeover. The CMA did its job | Nils Pratley
Brad Smith’s reaction to Competition and Markets Authority blocking deal is pure Big Tech entitlement
www.theguardian.com
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This token aussie idiot Still thinks Microsoft its gonna leave uk
It would be funny if the Jez Corden rumor about Microsoft's other acquisition targets getting cold feet and pulling out of deals after seeing what the cma just did was true.