Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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I have absolutely no clue why people still had faith in the CMA after last week.
Sony is "only" 3 times more valuable than EA at this point. Factor in paying a premium and thats them betting their future on it. And much like with Activision the biggest games (FIFA, Madden, other sports) would still be multiplat anyway.
Theoretically true, but there are limits even for Microsoft. I genuinely believe there are certain publishers who, straight up, do not like Microsoft as a platform holder and would not trust their IP, tech and other assets in Microsoft's ownership.
Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case with most Western companies.
That's an interesting and pretty accurate analogy for the situation.
Why does it matter who owns PlayStation? I just want PlayStation to continue to do well and if Sony is not going to support it fuck them, all they care is for the profits coming from PlayStation and for the promise of expanding to new markets.
Buy Capcom, buy Square, buy From Software, say fuck you to ABK/MS/Bethesda, time to bet it all on PlayStation the only culturally relevant product Sony makes at this point. PlayStation is facing an existential threat yet it just business as usual from Sony and they are more concerned with their movies/music/anime divisions.
If they can't look at the Mario movie, at the Switch, at the PS5 and realize the value of having a platform that sells 120m+ consoles, a 50m+ subscription services, multiple games selling 10m+ or even 20m+ copies, then they are beyond saving.
Moobile, PC ports, longshot GaaS, e-sports, licensed Marvel games, none of that shit is going to cut it for them when having to face Xbox + Bethesda + Activision + Blizzard + more, all backed up by a $2.5T company that wants to outspend Sony out of business. On the other hand, there is nothing MS could do to face something like PlayStation + Capcom + SE + some other western publisher.
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MS got what they wanted, but its conditional and based on evidence that will be presented to the judge in the next few day. The judge is however disgusted.
Yeah he is conditional granting it lol but yeah he could reverse i think after getting the evidence?
The only limits for a company worth trillions of dollars is a tough on business regulatory body, and it seems like no country has that. If an acquisition as large as Acti can get through, then literally anything can. EA is also chummy with microsoft, so they are not off limits. And truth be told Western publishers are the only ones that matter as the Japanese console market is owned by nintendo only.
That MS and CMA all of a sudden helping each other when they could have done this before.
He's definitely not satisfied but he's more then likely going to grant it since the ones who started this whole case came to an agreement and both want it dropped. I would be surprised if he doesn't.
Yes I do care. I don’t want to see PlayStation in foreign hands. PlayStation is already westernised enough. It’s a Japanese brand and it the legacy should stay there. What makes you so sure that Apple, Amazon or Google would not screw the hard work Sony put in to built up PlayStation!?
You’re all so sensitive, all of you can do is repeating the same doom & gloom preaching.
I am tired if this bs.
Sony won’t die and they will make big moves. Sony was in a far more worse condition than today.
I agree here... it should not even have reached CAT if they will make a deal now.
MS & CMA is just waiting CAT time & resources.