Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard

[Ludwig]

Looks like CMA has settled.

 

[Eternal_Wings]

I guess it’s over?

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

My guess is that PlayStation has something planned. Jim probably didn't go to the trial in person because he knew it was a lost cause and already moved on to plan B.

Well, they better have a damn good plan B and just pumping investments into GaaS titles and sequels galore to IP they just introduced last generation isn't going to cut it. Not by themselves.

 

[Loy310]

They can appeal to 9D now and but most likely same outcome.
Time to move on.
im out. Putting my energy into other threads.

 

[Ezekiel]

Looks like CMA has settled.

I guess it’s over?

Guys, don't get spooked so easily.

Official word from CMA is the only way this gets resolved. Any US press or Twitter shills will spin this to hell.

 

[historia]

Looks like CMA has settled.

No, don't quote this shill.

 

[Ezekiel]

Microsoft, Activision Weigh Sale of Some UK Cloud-Gaming Rights

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

If this is some sort of remedy, it's 4 months too late for the current deal.

 

[Cool hand luke]

No, it's not settled, and that rabid mutt Tom Warren needs to be put down for spreading this bullshit.

A partial divestiture of cloud gaming in the UK alone addresses no part of the SLC, and this is the same thing with the same Microsoft source that was leaked to CNBC.

Here's the full text from Bloomberg. See the bold.

Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. are considering giving up some control of their cloud-gaming business in the UK as a way to appease regulators so they can complete their $69 billion merger by the July 18 deadline, according to people familiar with the matter.
That could involve selling off the cloud-based market rights for games in the UK to a telecommunications, gaming or internet-based computing company, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing confidential planning. A private equity company might also be interested, said one person.
Both companies still think it’s possible to close the deal, which would be the largest ever in the video-game industry, before next week’s deadline, the people said. They got a step closer on Tuesday, when a US judge declined the Federal Trade Commission’s request to pause the deal.

The software giant is re-engaging in talks with the UK Competition and Markets Authority, which had vetoed the deal in May. The CMA said Tuesday it’s prepared to evaluate proposals from Microsoft, but the agency also said the companies would need to resubmit their transaction for the normally multi-month regulatory process to begin anew.
Also complicating the companies’ push for a speedy resolution was the FTC’s request Thursday that US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley bar Microsoft from closing the deal while the agency appeals her ruling greenlighting the transaction. Corley has held up the deal’s completion until 11:59 p.m. Friday in San Francisco.
In its earlier decision, the UK regulator had expressed concerns that adding Activision content to Microsoft’s xCloud service would restrict competition in the nascent market for video games that are streamed over the internet rather than downloaded to consoles or devices. Microsoft offers xCloud as part of a monthly gaming subscription. The CMA has said it strongly prefers structural remedies like a divestiture to behavioral ones, under which the agency must monitor whether a company complies with its promises.
Spokespeople for Microsoft and Activision declined to comment.
CNBC reported earlier that Microsoft had offered a small divestiture to regulators, without specifying what might be sold.

 

[Ludwig]

Well, they better have a damn good plan B and just pumping investments into GaaS titles and sequels galore to IP they just introduced last generation isn't going to cut it. Not by themselves.

Yeah, the fact that PS hasn't even responded to Zenimax acquisition because of that I think they don't have plan B and staying on the current path.

 

[AshHunter216]

Well, they better have a damn good plan B and just pumping investments into GaaS titles and sequels galore to IP they just introduced last generation isn't going to cut it. Not by themselves.

I'm not convinced that PlayStation is doomed / dead because of this. If we give up, the shills and fanboys would have done their jobs.

 

[historia]

This shit has slow my productivity for a week straight though. Hopefully when I arrive home for dinner it either break or conclude. The latter would be better.

 

[AshHunter216]

Yeah, the fact that PS hasn't even responded to Zenimax acquisition because of that I think they don't have plan B and staying on the current path.

Do they need to respond to Zenimax right away? Look how bad Redfall was.

 

[Ludwig]

I'm not convinced that PlayStation is doomed / dead because of this. If we give up, the shills and fanboys would have done their jobs.

PS is not doomed. however MS has bought 3 publishers now (Zenimax, Activision and Blizzard). Four if you want to include King. And Sony hasn't even responded to even Zenimax.

Do they need to respond to Zenimax right away? Look how bad Redfall was.

No but it adds up when you don't respond.

 

[reziel]

Do they need to respond to Zenimax right away? Look how bad Redfall was.

More then likely not. I mean those games from Bethesda and Activision are not what made the console popular did they help make it money yeah but people are forgetting what did make it popular.

 

[Ludwig]

Do they need to respond to Zenimax right away? Look how bad Redfall was.

I wanted to add one more thing. It's the content that sells the console not the other way around.

 

[Ludwig]

No, it's not settled, and that rabid mutt Tom Warren needs to be put down for spreading this bullshit.

A partial divestiture of cloud gaming in the UK alone addresses no part of the SLC, and this is the same thing with the same Microsoft source that was leaked to CNBC.

Here's the full text from Bloomberg. See the bold.

Guess it is bit weird
If the CMA has settled, then Bloomberg would have reported on it or Reuters.

 

[Danja1187]

I'm not convinced that PlayStation is doomed / dead because of this. If we give up, the shills and fanboys would have done their jobs.

They are doomed just kinda clueless because their entire plan this generation was to consolidate around 3rd parties and slowly they are losing their partners. They aren't doomed as they still have a lot in the pipeline... But They are kinda arrogant with their market share thinking their base is impenetrable... They will learn soon enough

 

[AshHunter216]

I wanted to add one more thing. It's the content that sells the console not the other way around.

Where did I say it wasn't? You're freaking out way too much. Xbox's garbage ass isn't going to wipe out PlayStation or even end up with better games than it.

 

[Cool hand luke]

They are doomed just kinda clueless because their entire plan this generation was to consolidate around 3rd parties and slowly they are losing their partners. They aren't doomed as they still have a lot in the pipeline... But They are kinda arrogant with their market share thinking their base is impenetrable... They will learn soon enough

Microsoft just wasted 18 months and over 3 billion dollars learning that money doesn't buy you everything. Once they've fully capitulated to regulators, they'll be closing up shop as a gaming hardware business.

 

[Dabaus]

So the cma settled and only Tom Warren knows it but no UK outlets or journalists do?