Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard

Dr Bass

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I got banned for saying the truth. That the deal will go through. That's the reason why I "went silent".
Wait and see.
I'm not part of moderating or the decision making in that sense at all, but I have a feeling you actually got banned for acting like a clown who kept repeating things like "bend the knee."

Ridiculous sycophantic behavior.
 

Loy310

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Seems abk told ms “pay us what Sony is paying us or all you getting is the xbone version for SX and SS”.
Basically all they would get is the backwards compatibility version for their next gen console.
Goes to show how powerful acti/cod is and why ms owning them would be anticompetitive.

Also seems the ftc had a good day, not perfect but not the blow out beating people said they would get.
Might not be enough to get the PI, but i feel like the judge will tell ms to wait for the ftc court to decide, and wash her hands.
 
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Shmunter

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Seems abk told ms pay us what Sony is paying us or all you getting is the xbone version for SX and SS. Basically all they would get is the backwards compatibility version for their next gen console.
Goes to show how powerful acti/cod is and why ms owning them would be anticompetitive.
Acti willing to walk away also signals negligible reach & profit on the platform.
 

Loy310

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Acti willing to walk away also signals negligible reach & profit on the platform.
I think ultimately it was a bluff from acti, their shareholders wont walk away from a potential 10-15 million sx and ss users by the time cod mw2 remake launched.
But with Sony marketshare ms buckled and paid up, they got the capital why take the risk?
Also, i dont even know why it was brought up if they paid up, it would have looked better for them in court if they never paid and acti did in fact not gave them a next gen version of cod. That would have more teeth in this case. But now to the judge it looks like nothing because they paid up and you got what you paid for, no issues here.
 

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Also seems the ftc had a good day, not perfect but not the blow out beating people said they would get.
Might not be enough to get the PI, but i feel like the judge will tell ms to wait for the ftc court to decide, and wash her hands.
What were the positives for Microsoft today? I genuinely haven't seen any, but I'm biased, of course. Did they make any biting arguments?
 

Nhomnhom

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Noooo, Phil Spencer is a true gamer. Do you not see he wears gamer shirts, has a high gamer tag level and the cool X poses he does?
Who would be sad if Xbox just became a third party publisher after the ABK deal gets blocked.

Kill Xbox, offer an update allowing people to install other OS on the Series consoles, release trash ass Gamepas on Switch/Steam/PS5 and stfu.
 

Loy310

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What were the positives for Microsoft today? I genuinely haven't seen any, but I'm biased, of course. Did they make any biting arguments?
MS positives:
Just the Jim Ryan email where Jim said that sie would be fine and that sie have some great things cooking and that be believes sie will continue to see cod on PS for years. But not sure if Jims email was before ms offered Sony 3 year or after (likely before), cause i remember Jim losing his mind when 3 years was offered, thats the point Sony went public and against the deal and began to scream at the top of their lungs.
 

Loy310

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Noooo, Phil Spencer is a true gamer. Do you not see he wears gamer shirts, has a high gamer tag level and the cool X poses he does?
Tomorrow i believe will be a bad day for Phil. He is sandwiched between google ceo and Jim Ryan at tomorrow hearing.
 
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AshHunter216

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Also MS spokesperson complained after the hearing that Sony is lobbying to protect its dominant position. Pretty rich from the company that's trying to get the UK Government to overrule the cma decision.

Also, MS seem really keen on making this about PlayStation vs Xbox.
 
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The less it's about Google/Amazon/Apple and the more about Sony, the better for MS.

It's the preferable course of action. Nobody in the U.S gives two flying fucks about Sony as a corp. Those other 3 on the other hand....

Natural.
 
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Swift_Star

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Also MS spokesperson complained after the hearing that Sony is lobbying to protect its dominant position. Pretty rich from the company that's trying to get the UK Government to overrule the cma decision.

Also, MS seem really keen on making this about PlayStation vs Xbox.
That’s pathetic tbh. MS is the biggest lobby company of them all.
And, yeah, weaponizing their fans is disgusting but it’s what has kept them relevant.
 

Gods&Monsters

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They always make everything about Sony even when they are not responsible for the deal getting blocked.

It should be illegal to badmouth and attack your competition publicly for months non-stop.

Did Disney attack Netflix when they were buying Star Wars and Marvel?
 
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