Can Big Tech Get Bigger? Microsoft Presses Governments to Say Yes.
Microsoft’s $69 billion deal for Activision Blizzard, which is undergoing reviews in 16 countries, has become a test for whether tech giants can buy companies amid a backlash.
NY Times article on Big tech/corps. Microsoft offered Sony a 10 year contract beginning of November.
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In a statement, Jim Ryan, the chief executive of Sony Interactive Entertainment, said it was “not true” that his company had misled regulators. He said that Microsoft was “a tech giant with a long history of dominating industries” and that “it is highly likely that the choices gamers have today will disappear if this deal goes ahead.”
Microsoft said that on Nov. 11 it offered Sony a 10-year deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. Sony declined to comment on the offer.
It's hearsay at this point. Believe who you want to believe; unless any side has their claims in writing and filed in some way the dates are verifiable, then either could be lying or either could be telling the truth.
There's also tons of context missing here. What did the 10-year deal MS offered Sony actually entail, assuming it was even offered? It might've only pertained to Warzone, maybe it excluded Day 1 releases of mainline COD games from PS platforms. None of us know
There's also tons of context missing here. What did the 10-year deal MS offered Sony actually entail, assuming it was even offered? It might've only pertained to Warzone, maybe it excluded Day 1 releases of mainline COD games from PS platforms. None of us know
Deals based on timespans are so easy to loophole LOL.It's hearsay at this point. Believe who you want to believe; unless any side has their claims in writing and filed in some way the dates are verifiable, then either could be lying or either could be telling the truth.
There's also tons of context missing here. What did the 10-year deal MS offered Sony actually entail, assuming it was even offered? It might've only pertained to Warzone, maybe it excluded Day 1 releases of mainline COD games from PS platforms. None of us know
Delays, buggy crappy ports, etc.
Interesting...
The time matches the regulators rejecting the simple phase of MS & Activision Blizzard deal...
The "offer" increased from 3 years to 10 years... what a big change lol
The time matches the regulators rejecting the simple phase of MS & Activision Blizzard deal...
The "offer" increased from 3 years to 10 years... what a big change lol
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In the meantime, Spencer went doing the rounds in interviews claiming that they'll never stop publishing CoD on PS LOL
That alone should tell us all we need to know about the potential impact of this deal.
Now, personally I don't care for anything related to Activision and I don't think the regulators should decide if you can or cannot sell your stuff and to whom you are allowed to tell it to (well, maybe the Chinese government should not be allowed to buy Lockeed Martin or something, but this would be a clear national security issue, not a gaming issue).
Now, personally I don't care for anything related to Activision and I don't think the regulators should decide if you can or cannot sell your stuff and to whom you are allowed to tell it to (well, maybe the Chinese government should not be allowed to buy Lockeed Martin or something, but this would be a clear national security issue, not a gaming issue).
I think the details are very important:
- What do they mean with 10 years? It could be that all CoD content published until then could be removed from PS at that point, or that all CoD games and DLC would be released on PS day one to be played natively, or that they could release on PS after some timed exclusivity for games or dlcs or something like that
- What games are going to release during these 10 years? The new ones or emulated versions of the PS2 and PSP ones? xDD
- What do they asked Sony in exchange for this deal? Nothing? A shit ton of money? To reduce the revenue share that Sony asks for 3rd party content? To put GP on PS? To put some Sony titles on GP PC?
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I don't understand how such a timed agreement would change the outcome of the regulator's decisions. It's not like Sony are the ones allowing the deal or not....
I also don't think any of the involved parties is dumb enough to believe it's only about CoD, as MS (or Activision) could just drop the CoD name and create a new IP as a "spiritual successor" at anytime and CoD fans would just jump to it.
I also don't think any of the involved parties is dumb enough to believe it's only about CoD, as MS (or Activision) could just drop the CoD name and create a new IP as a "spiritual successor" at anytime and CoD fans would just jump to it.
Check the main shareholders of NYT, MSFT and ATVI.
MS look’s desperate with that 10 year offer. If MS still have full confidence of this going through they would not have budged from the 1st offer and certainly not by more than tripling the previous offer term, they went from 3-10….. So something is happening that is spooking ms behind the scenes…….. good.
Keep that boot on their neck Jim cause its working.
Keep that boot on their neck Jim cause its working.
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NY Times article on Big tech/corps. Microsoft offered Sony a 10 year contract beginning of November.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/technology/microsoft-activision-deal.html
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ATVI, NYT, MSFT...
Main share holders: e.g. Vanguard, Blackrock...
Bit of a surprise also how heavily Buffet is betting on the deal.
Main share holders: e.g. Vanguard, Blackrock...
Bit of a surprise also how heavily Buffet is betting on the deal.
I’m just glad that at the end of the day this entire clown show will put an end to either company buying out more major publishers. It seemed like earlier this year we couldn’t stop hearing about the arms race that was gonna occur with everyone claiming microsoft war chest was gonna demolish the competition, this is why all this is playing out the way it is now.
the FTC, CMA, and EU had the same idea the fan boys had. All the warchest talk and that mentality is why microsoft is getting put through the ringer right now, because like everyone was saying who’s to stop them from completely buying every game publisher available if not regulators?
the FTC, CMA, and EU had the same idea the fan boys had. All the warchest talk and that mentality is why microsoft is getting put through the ringer right now, because like everyone was saying who’s to stop them from completely buying every game publisher available if not regulators?