MS can buy every publisher on earth but their fans will still not buy any games lmao.
Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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MS can buy every publisher on earth but their fans will still not buy any games lmao.
I just want to mention… I don’t follow anyone Xbox on Twitter. And all I get is Xbox astrotrufers in my suggested feed. It’s so goddamn irritating. This shit is rigged. There’s no fucking way there’s more Xbox dialogue on the internet when the PlayStation population globally blows Xbox out the water.
However today… I find the crying hilarious.
However today… I find the crying hilarious.
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But Michael Pachter said....
But Hoeg said....
But the senators...
What a sweet sweet moment to be a PlayStation gamer.
So now that we're passed this hurdle...Whats next? What mud will Microsoft sling sonys way now that theyve been blocked? More senators concerned about "high end marketshare?" DOJ investigation of "unfair practices" at the behest of Microsoft?
And whats sony do now? Do they continue to lay lowkey until the EU weighs in or do they just go pedal to the metal? Do they continue with the small acquisitions? Invest a few billion in key partners or put a whole ring on them?
Interesting times.
And whats sony do now? Do they continue to lay lowkey until the EU weighs in or do they just go pedal to the metal? Do they continue with the small acquisitions? Invest a few billion in key partners or put a whole ring on them?
Interesting times.
This was already revoked by Derek Strickland. This a myth which was born by Xbox shills and lobbying politicians.
Sony has nothing to do with the regulators from now on. As far as regulators are concerned, PlayStation isn't in any danger from the acquisition.
Everything's about the cloud now and MS has a much bigger hurdle than Sony to fight against. They're now going against Google, Apple and Amazon. Companies that have much more money than Sony.
Everything moving forward will be about the cloud gaming and MS being the industry leader in that, will screw any of their major attempts up. Much like with everything else, they screwed themselves with their 'cloud;s the future and we're the best there" rhetoric.
Xbox cloud gaming is available in 28 countries, while PS cloud gaming is available in 30 countries.
The servers of Xcloud gaming are different and work totally differently than how the other Azure ones. They can't use Azure servers to stream Xbox Series or PS5 games. If Azure would be that helpful and would do it in another way then MS wouldn't be using the Sony cloud gaming patents.
I think Google already shutted down Stadia when MS though that it was a good idea to trick the CMA to offer 10 years of CoD to cloud gaming platforms that nobody uses.
Yes, it's true that as Phil said the gaming market where MS would get more benefited in terms of revenue, profitability, userbase and market share with the acquisition would be mobile.
Even if after the acquisition like in the other markets they wouldn't be market leaders and wouldn't have a big market share.
The CMA offered MS to acquire the company without the CoD part that could be sold to someone else, but MS rejected it.
Yes, and MS wants to do the same in consoles too. Obviously Apple, Google, Nintendo and Sony don't like the idea.
The Apple case very different, because Apple doesn't didn't buy any giant product to block it from being available in rival platforms. It's a separate topic: in the Apple trial they were asking Apple to allow other stores/paying methods not controlled by Apple on their platform.
Sony will still be involved in the ftc trial though. I do wonder if the EU kills it if MS even continues with trying though.
I think the EU are so chummy with MS that they approve the deal, but just one regulator (ie cma) saying no is enough to kill this deal. Interesting to see what the FTC does next given that they are against the deal as well and may have had a major morale boost after a fellow regulator decided to block.
As I remember UK is almost 8% of the MS global gaming market according to this, even if I think the graph is wrong and the percent should be higher:
It's also interesting that the same group simultaneously want MS to moneyhat every major 3rd party game for the next 10 years in retaliation, but also wants Sony to be taken down by the government for making a few 3rd party deals that hurt their feelings.
Fixed it a bit for you.But Michael Pachter said....
But Hoeg said....
But the senators...
What a sweet sweet moment to be aPlayStationgamer.
I just don't think these Xbox people are "gamers" in the sense of wanting to play games. You just don't do it. You'd be ignoring the actual two platforms with regularly released high scoring games and exclusives in favor of what? A cultish brand? It just doesn't make any sense at this point to be an Xbox only "gamer."
But I do agree, definitely a sweet moment. The industry is better off for it by leaps and bounds.
Posting for the purposes of entertainment, some cocky xbox fanboys on the deal being so easily approved by the CMA
That postup guy from twitter is the "expert"(lol) on the panel
That postup guy from twitter is the "expert"(lol) on the panel
Other video gaming comapnies were also against this merger. And people kept saying Sony was alone. Smh
I am glad that this is blocked.
So many myths being dispelled.
The nonsense about sony being the one pushing for the high end console market defintion, to them being the only ones opposing the deal.
Good to know some other companies have shown some backbone.
This song will shoot up the charts over the next day....
As Xbots play it while crying themselves to sleep... I can imagine Destins face hiding under his blankets!
As Xbots play it while crying themselves to sleep... I can imagine Destins face hiding under his blankets!
I still think Sony should stay out of the comfort zone. They still need to acquire Japanese publishers and continue aggressively build new studios and acquire them.
Adamsapple likes to use that GIF even if it says SONY in the cornerWhat a sweet sweet moment to be a PlayStation gamer.
