Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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Since microsofts mask slipped and everyone can now see them for what they are, people are really expressing their anger at what they are trying to do to the industry.
*Puts on tinfoil hat*
I swear it feels like FTC on purpose didn't focus on cloud, so they could argue we need more time, so grant the PI and let it go through the full trial.
I find this crazy tbh. Did she forget if they merged now they would also have to close over the CMA? Which is illegal and she would be the enabler for that.
I wasn't following this last hearing yesterday and haven't see the transcripts for this bit. I very well hope FTC pointed that out.
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Agreed to all of this, but especially that the FTC deserves to lose because they allowed MS lawyers to strategically turn this into a PlayStation and Xbox car fight vs what we already knew the judge would agree with, CLOUD. Just so boneheaded from them why would this judge understand the intricacies of the console market when every mom and dad can understand how MS is a duopoly in the cloud.
It’s also wild to be that someone who openly admitted her son worked for one of the defendants during the case wasn’t immediately taken off of it
Never thought I'd see the day that I hope Jez is right about something. It's bigger than "ftc WINS", though. Consumers, choice, and competition would be the true winners.
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Two considerations:
I still think the FTC won't win the injunction
Both MS and ABK need to agree to close the deal without regulatory approval, and Bobby Kotick doesn't seem to be very interested in even closing the deal at this stage.
I still think the FTC won't win the injunction
Both MS and ABK need to agree to close the deal without regulatory approval, and Bobby Kotick doesn't seem to be very interested in even closing the deal at this stage.
I think it's a strategic play that could work in their favour.
They've used the console arguments to show how untrustworthy ms are, and if the PI gets rejected it will be mostly linked to the console concerns, and they've essentially sacrificed that SLC.
Whilst with the cloud concerns they've not delved deep enough and there are still arguements left, so the PI getting rejected won't sink the cloud SLC. They can still fight that angle hard in the full trial.
Even though cloud was covered during the hearing briefly, they waited last minute to really throw the haymakers and seems like some doubt has been cast on the actual deals. Also the judge seems to see cloud gaming as market which will really aid the CMA imo.
At this point we have multiple jurisdictions seeing cloud gaming as a market, which reinforces CMAs position. CAT going against that could be irrational.
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SMH I can't believe she said this.
Alot of people may have $1000 dollar laptops to work from home. Those probably run on an embedded GPU on the CPU or some potatoe GPU. They aren't suitable for gaming at all, or at least not for playing modern cod games.
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How are things looking? Had to drop out of keeping track before the conversation turned to the cloud argument.
Lol what an absolute clown show.
These companies when signing for that 10 year deal on toilet paper
Benji Sales gotta be like: “Everything is fine”Lol what an absolute clown show.
These companies when signing for that 10 year deal on toilet paper
Because Bobby was already prepared for the deal to be dead. I mean, Variety pieces to prop up Kotick image, all those ABK controversies already being washed out, the share prices already back to normal. If I'm Kotick, I'm gonna drag this to the deal expired date, and ask for more money beyond $70 billion, because the price has just gone up, and MS fear that lol.
Yep, Jizz Corden must be confident to be crowing like this. Hope the injunction is granted just to see the meltdowns.
He is not being honest. I think its 50/50. FTC sets up with console slc to show how untrustworthy ms was. MS did a good job disputing console slc, but at the same time admits to being shady due to emails.
Then the ftc closed with cloud knowing they already built up and pulled off ms mask. I guess the hope is the monster reveled under that mask is enough for the judge to say.
“we cant grant pi for consoles, but a pi is granted for cloud”
Fingers crossed.