Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard

[Welfare]

The CAT ruling against them means fuck all.

Yet they're trying to settle the deal again

Eh, despite your previous protests to the contrary, you're a bit of an Xbox fanboy aren't you?

I want my ABK shares pay day more than anything Xbox related.

There's more reasons to support this deal than the fucking box that needs to be spelled with two x's.

Worker's unions and labor have supported this deal for over a year . Getting rid of that shit heel Bobby Kotick is another plus.

 

[Darth Vader]

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.

No. Please refer here:

There's a bigass section in the final report about remedies:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/644939aa529eda000c3b0525/Microsoft_Activision_Final_Report_.pdf

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.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63e376bdd3bf7f173ad1cee4/Notice_of_possible_remedies_2.0.pdf

The CMA found that divestiture or prohibition were acceptable remedies. Since MS refused the former, they went with the later. What they are saying now is that "cool, we know we're the ones blocking this, so if you go back to any of our acceptable remedies, we can talk"

 

[Swift_Star]

Yet they're trying to settle the deal again

I want my ABK shares pay day more than anything Xbox related.

There's more reasons to support this deal than then fucking box with an additional X.

Worker's unions and labor have supported this deal for over a year

It’ll settle if MS agrees to the divestiture they have proposed when they blocked the deal.

 

[Darth Vader]

Yet they're trying to settle the deal again

Correlation =/= causation.

I want my ABK shares pay day more than anything Xbox related.

There's more reasons to support this deal than then fucking box with an additional X.

Worker's unions and labor have supported this deal for over a year

And I want you to go fuck yourself. See, that's easy?

 

[Dabaus]

No. Please refer here:



The CMA found that divestiture or prohibition were acceptable remedies. Since MS refused the former, they went with the later. What they are saying now is that "cool, we know we're the ones blocking this, so if you go back to any of our acceptable remedies, we can talk"

Sooo they’re not cucking? They’re just saying if you agree to our proposed remedy’s you can close? I’m confused.

 

[Swift_Star]

Sooo they’re not cucking? They’re just saying if you agree to our proposed remedy’s you can close? I’m confused.

Yes. That’s exactly it. It’s easier and cheaper for the CMA if they enter in an agreement.
If MS accepts the remedies (divestiture), then the deal will go through.

 

[Dabaus]

Yes. That’s exactly is. It’s easier and cheaper for the CMA if they enter in an agreement.
If MS accepts the remedies (divestiture), then the deal will go through.

I don’t think they’re going to agree to any of those proposals in the CMA’s just gonna make something stupid like 12 years instead of Ten and be done with it.

 

[Darth Vader]

Sooo they’re not cucking? They’re just saying if you agree to our proposed remedy’s you can close? I’m confused.

Exactly. They found that divestiture or prohibition were the acceptable remedies, and were unwilling to settle with behavioural. Since MS refused divestiture, the CMA prohibited the deal. It was never a "prohibit this, period", they gave them a chance. So now they are offering MS to talk about the acceptable remedies, which include divestiture.

If they will cuck or not I don't know, and I don't have a crystal ball, but this is not a "oh no, they are cucking out". No, they are just offering to help move the deal along by not going to court if they receive satisfactory remedies.

Will they be satisfactory for us? Probably not.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

That’s where I’m at. I don’t think they’ll change their stance on this.

I wouldn't be so sure anymore. MS is just too big, they can do whatever they want.

 

[Zzero]

If sony were to buy say capcom or square would it have to go through the same insane regulatory process as the abk deal has? Or is it because that one is so big?

It would have to go through the same processes (every merger does), the difference is that they are far less likely to result in agencies trying to block them. Except, perhaps, in Japan where S-E and Sony are both big players in both games and manga and where Sony's position in "high end consoles", if they choose to separate that out from Switch really is a de facto monopoly. The big case to remember there was the failed Nintendo/Bandai merger from 20 years ago. Though, that said, I think the deal would go through there (and everywhere else.)

 

[Darth Vader]

If this moves forward, I have no doubt in my mind that we're in for a zero sum game of consolidation that will fuck us over long term. Good thing is that most games I play are indie, so my experience should be relatively unaffected, but I'll be having a laugh on the side.

 

[On Demand]

CMA playing 4D chess.

 

[Loy310]

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.

Has nothing to do with Sony, Sony is not waking up to an merger this big. ABK now have more value than the entire of Sony and ms just bought them.
Sony did nothing wrong here, so no need to call them out, all they did was compete and i expect them to continue to do so.

If today says anything is that govs are pretty much dead, world is ran by greedy corps now.

 

[Welfare]

And I want you to go fuck yourself. See, that's easy?

Everyone that isn't a PlayStation fanboy knows this acquisition is good for more than just Xbox. Cry about it.

Also lol, CMA wouldn't want to PAUSE the CAT litigation if they don't intend on actually closing this deal with Microsoft, who isn't going to divest any part of ABK.

 

[Zzero]

Just like their previous plant. And this shit is apparently legal.

Yes, hiring a lawyer to work in your legal institution is legal. I mean, who did you think they hired, bakers?

 

[Swift_Star]

If this moves forward, I have no doubt in my mind that we're in for a zero sum game of consolidation that will fuck us over long term. Good thing is that most games I play are indie, so my experience should be relatively unaffected, but I'll be having a laugh on the side.

Yes. If it goes through, gaming will become like the movie market and look how shitty that has become with Disney controlling everything.

 

[reziel]

It would have to go through the same processes (every merger does), the difference is that they are far less likely to result in agencies trying to block them. Except, perhaps, in Japan where S-E and Sony are both big players in both games and manga and where Sony's position in "high end consoles", if they choose to separate that out from Switch really is a de facto monopoly. The big case to remember there was the failed Nintendo/Bandai merger from 20 years ago. Though, that said, I think the deal would go through there (and everywhere else.)

Nah MS will do the same to Sony as what they tried to do for this situation.

 

[Swift_Star]

Everyone that isn't a PlayStation fanboy knows this acquisition is good for more than just Xbox. Cry about it.

Also lol, CMA wouldn't want to PAUSE the CAT litigation if they don't intend on actually closing this deal with Microsoft, who isn't going to divest any part of ABK.

How is it good for anyone besides Microsoft itself? Lol

 

[Darth Vader]

Everyone that isn't a PlayStation fanboy knows this acquisition is good for more than just Xbox. Cry about it.

Also lol, CMA wouldn't want to PAUSE the CAT litigation if they don't intend on actually closing this deal with Microsoft, who isn't going to divest any part of ABK.

A multi trillion dollar company owning more of the market when they have shown zero capabilities to actually release a desirable product is good for more than just Xbox?

Good thing that you're outing yourself now, maybe @Bryank75 will stop covering your little pussy ass here.

 

[FatKaz]

They mentioned address concerns in their final report, and in that final report they made it clear behavioural remedies won't work for a multitude of reasons.

The other obvious remedies as folks have mentioned is divestiture. But MS clearly didn't want that right? So maybe some kind of divestiture option just for the UK?