Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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Issa is the richest member of the house, maybe Congress. He's feeling a bit threatened.
My feeling?
It's m$. They can do whatever they want. It's just a matter of time and money
I got bored of following too closely
But wasn't this particular case just about not allowing Microsoft to close over the top of the FTC? Shouldn't the arguments just be related to why they have concerns to limit MS rushing ahead of the trials set
But wasn't this particular case just about not allowing Microsoft to close over the top of the FTC? Shouldn't the arguments just be related to why they have concerns to limit MS rushing ahead of the trials set
You know that Square Enix rejected Microsoft two times? Early 2000s and 2020. They wanted to hostile takeover Sega in 2022 (around TGS) and it was blocked. There are things which can’t be bought by money, no matter how much cash they offer. Without being romantically, but Japanese corporations have different standards than American ones. Forget it, neither Square Enix nor Capcom will sell themselves to this scumbag company.
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Sony should have made a move when CMA dropped the console SLC. Consolidation will happen now. If they do nothing, then legacy games will be taken away from their platform. I don't have faith in Sony to do what's right.
Microsoft has been the worst thing to happen to gaming.. buy and destroy should be their mantra. Even bought and destroyed Halo from Bungie as the most recent example.. the fact these greasy rats still have cheerleaders is mind boggling.
Talks for Acquistions can take years. There is no situation where Sony announces a merger immediately after the 17th for example and it's silly to even expect that. Moves like that don't happen overnight.
So there is an active case of sabotage happening. The judges only have ONE day to prepare the appeal apparently
Incorrect, talks began at least a couple of years ago. Sony buying all this stuff to retaliate isn't some magic shit that can happen instantly and they're just not willing to do it. You're just setting yourself up for disappointment to expect a response this soon.
Talk began when ABK stock price took a hit. So it took 6 months. Bungie acquisition also took the same time.
That's not how that process works at all. You're just getting emotional and want an immediate return fire when these things take time.
To be fair you are right, what has Microsoft create. I can only think of is Forza.
Halo was Bungie child and after they got sicked of Microsoft for demand to milk it they just buy their freedom. 343 was built from ground up by MS themseleves for Halo but it bombs hard.
Gears of War was created by Epic and same fate as Halo.
Back in PS3 era Sony got only 2 IPs, not only they succeeded in elevate those IPs they create a bunch more. They didn't buy their way into success.
MS used to have some ground but they destroyed it all by their absolute incompetency and now they blame Sony?
Standard DC corruption mixed with a bit of fake patriotism for the plebs. Move along.
No, it started in November 19, 2021 and the deal was announced in Jan 2022. It literally took a couple of weeks. This is official info from the SEC.
SEC filing reveals the timeline for Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition - OnMSFT.com
Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Activision Blizzard on January 18th, 2022, a process that is expected to take a year to complete after jumping through numerous regulatory hoops. As part of that regulatory effort, Activision has filed documents with the US Securities and Exchange...
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