Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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Is the deal dead? No, but the hilarious delusions of microsoft lawyers and pr organs that the deal would sail through easily and unmolested is dead.
Just about what we all were expecting. However, the cma did leave MS with enough wiggle room to make it go thru, they gonna have to give up their nose and legs tho, maybe even an eyeball or 2.
Phil now has the opportunity to save face by just taking the mobile King which according to him is the objective to fight the evil forces of Google and Apple Mobile duopoly. Unfortunately we all know that’s a lie and this will prove it.
People on resetera are moaning about there shares in Activision it's fucking laughable
ugh the drama continues!
I always said it wasn’t going to be easy but people said I was wrong.
This is a strange world where a billion company invest so many resources into PR, lawyers and advertising and not into their own studios! And fans seem to be happy with it! Let’s not even discuss the layoffs…because that’s a red flag on how incompetent they are at management.
Phill is only talk, no action! If I had a euro for every time he does a “phill says” on the media I would be a millionaire.
Lulu Cheng is desperate once again on Twitter. Always a fun read seeing her desperate because she will lose money if this falls through.
She must be seething right now.
She knows they can't behave the same way with the CMA like with the FTC cause army of lawyers won't help here. When CMA tells them to take a hike they will be taking that hike.
Fuck Microsoft. I hope it falls through.CMA appears to say either divest/split off Activision and COD or no deal.
UK regulator suggests removing Call of Duty from Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition | VGC
In its provisional conclusion, the CMA says Xbox’s Activision deal ‘could harm’ players…www.videogameschronicle.com
Just went to read ERA and they’re trying to spin this as a positive outcome. They’re delusional af
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I've read posts on other forums saying that because Playstation makes a lot more money than Xbox, then Microsoft buying ABK to improve the revenue stream of Xbox is fair...
...They say that without mentioning the elephant in the room of Microsoft's "infinite war chest". (which is a meme xbots use to explain why xbox will always win because they can dip into Microsoft's war chest)
...They say that without mentioning the elephant in the room of Microsoft's "infinite war chest". (which is a meme xbots use to explain why xbox will always win because they can dip into Microsoft's war chest)
MS as a whole can pump a lot of money into the Xbox division (hence the huge acquisition). Sony as a whole can't do that to the same degree, so it isn't a fair comparison.
Good to see some people aren’t that deluled on ERA
I'm glad the CMA and the FTC are both blocking this illegal deal. MS needs to make their own games or get the fuck out of gaming.
Some posters on GAF are bad but ERA is on another level. Total Xbox and Phil sycophants, you get banned right away if you criticize this deal. The GP shills and xbots there are a scary cult.
I was permabanned for saying MS had monopolistic tendencies
it seems both the FTC and CMA agree with me
One thing I am still wondering about is the whole subpoena situation with the FTC. I'm wondering how much of a problem it will end up being for Sony and how much sensitive internal data will they be forced to provide.
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It basically is, though. Even if MS accepts to diversity ABK, no way ABK will accept this. and the remedies won’t be enough to satisfy the CMA. They’ll try but it’s essentially dead