CMA is already waving the white flag. Itll be over before this week.
Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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Already tagged you in another post but this seems the opposite to me. It looks like the CMA buckled.
Yeah that. We’ll see. Doubt MS wants to break up Activision. So deal is still over.
They always were: selling ABK parts was their recommendations.
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What the CMA is saying:
We gave you the remedies, which include divestiture. If you follow them, you can close the deal.
MS was never for this. Them accepting this means they have it in the bag and will get out of it with one of those shitty deals. So much for the CMA.
I have a feeling, no matter how bleak it looks for Microsoft (MS), given the amount of money involved ($69 billion), I just don't see MS losing this.
I know there is still the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), but somehow I see them changing their tune soon.
There have been deals between governments where, in the end, a much smaller amount of money was enough to influence a decision (for example, military deals, etc.).
It's a sad state for gaming, in my opinion. People are too shortsighted. Enjoy your Gamepass; we will see the quality of games in 5-10 years.
The $69 billion will be recouped somehow, most probably by squeezing the customers after eliminating every other alternative.
I know there is still the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), but somehow I see them changing their tune soon.
There have been deals between governments where, in the end, a much smaller amount of money was enough to influence a decision (for example, military deals, etc.).
It's a sad state for gaming, in my opinion. People are too shortsighted. Enjoy your Gamepass; we will see the quality of games in 5-10 years.
The $69 billion will be recouped somehow, most probably by squeezing the customers after eliminating every other alternative.
So much for the big tough CMA who is not changing its stance. FTC loses and now they're open to changes they're no better then the rest of the sheep. This is pathetic.
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The CMA is going back to the table because they know it's better than the CAT possibly ruling against them.
The CAT ruling against them means fuck all.
Eh, despite your previous protests to the contrary, you're a bit of an Xbox fanboy aren't you?
The CMA is going back to the table because they know it's better than the CAT possibly ruling against them.
We’ll see. It’s really disgusting and disappointing if they end up caving in.
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There's a bigass section in the final report about remedies:
Since MS declined the options proposed in the notice of possible remedies [below], the above stood. If MS or ABK are willing to go with the other acceptable options for the CMA (divestiture), they they will settle.
Since MS declined the options proposed in the notice of possible remedies [below], the above stood. If MS or ABK are willing to go with the other acceptable options for the CMA (divestiture), they they will settle.
Guys it’s seems the CMA has bend over. This literally confirms for me that Microsoft is getting ABK. Now it’s time for Sony to wake up.