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My sanity can only handle so much...
Microsoft / Activision Deal Approval Watch |OT| (MS/ABK close)
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Hero of Spielberg
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And speaks on behalf of them (or not) apparently.
gothmog
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Because there are some people whose identities are tied closely to the things they purchase. Some of them also love to feel like victims and wear it like a badge of honor.
I really don't care abougt the deal as I am not much of a COD gamer and was probably purchasing D4 and other titles worth purchase anyways. People acting like nobody is going to get Diablo 4 unless it is on GP is really laughable. $50-$70 is going to stop you from enjoying a title that you could put thousands of hours into? It seems like a no brainer to trade that amount of cash for that amount of entertainment.
Some part of me wants the deal to fail just for the spectacular meltdown we will see from some of the biggest blowhards on the internet.
Banjo64
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Well yeah, so would the cleaner if he'd posted something about it. Doesn't have any bearing on the actual investigation though.
gothmog
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I mean "The Commission is working to ensure that you will still be able to play Call of Duty on other consoles (including my Playstation)." has a clear but much different meaning if he does not belong to the actual commission that is regulating. He is making a general statement about the commission's work rather than saying that he is personally working on it. English is a funny language in that way and this is a common complaint about twitter not having enough characters that statements are often taken out of context.
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MasterCornholio
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MasterCornholio
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Which is what actually matters. I believe people are looking for a smoking gun when this isn't it.
Making a reference to these types of reactions.
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DForce
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Xbox fanboys on Twitter associate and follow each other all the time and you think it's weird that people know them? You guys get really defensive whenever someone calls them out.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yep.
Even if he's not directly involved, him making that tweet has stirred up a Twitter shitstorm on all fronts, with him working for a major regulatory body and such.
More gifs plz !
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R3claimer117
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Microsoft struck gold with this dude lmao
this is going to get so muddy in the public opinion that it's going to seem like they're biased at this point. He should have never made that tweet especially since he doesn't even have jurisdiction over the deal he just tainted those people now too. Microsoft's lawyers are happy about this.
Banjo64
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ReBurn
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I'm not sure that works here since his tweet referenced the work that the commission that he's a part of is doing. Just because he says his views are his own doesn't mean that he may not be allowing his personal views to influence his professional behavior.<<<<<<<
Just like so many other twitter accounts. But this one guy said the "P word" and you've got a frenzy on your hands. Never change, warriors.
The tweet was a poor decision regardless.
Thirty7ven
Banned
Would love to know why some people are so offended at the thought of regulators who are supposed to protect consumers being out there trying to protect them. Isn't PlayStation COD's biggest userbase?
Lmao as if European regulators would care about console fanboys opinions.
Microsoft struck gold with this dude lmao
Lmao as if European regulators would care about console fanboys opinions.
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SportsFan581
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It's weird to see the reaction here, because this is really the obvious tone that has been taken from the start. These EU/UK regulators seem oddly preoccupied with protecting Sony's best interests above the broader market.
Banjo64
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MS owning ABK is not in the best interest of the broader market. I hope this deal is blocked. If you'd have told me 2 years ago that there would come a time when fanboys were trying to paint the UK and EU as corrupt Sony fanboys I would have laughed you out of the room. But sadly, here we are. This is clown world now.
feynoob
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If you are not with me, you are against me mentality.
All other logic gets thrown out the window.
SportsFan581
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It isn't fanboys. Several attorneys and legal experts have questioned the statements released with almost unanimous opinions. Their behavior and the level of protectionism they have shown for a specific vendor/supplier is highly unusual. This is not the norm no matter how fanboys want to spin it.
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feynoob
Banned
It will be Tencent, Facebook, Amazon, Google or Apple.
Activision still want to sell itself. If MS doesn't buy them, these guys would buy them.
Consumers at the end would lose.
His disclaimer means jack shit legally.
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Ass of Can Whooping
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You mean several like Hoeg's law?
Banjo64
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Aside from Hoeg Law, who tweets like a 15 year old, who else?
I've read through the entire CMA report in full, I thought it was perfectly balanced and talked about the market in broad terms with great insight. Their is no behaviour or unusual protectionism.
splattered
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DarkMage619
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Also pretty weird when it looks like a member of a regulatory agency is showing a clear bias yet Twitter personalities are the issue not the apparent conflict of interest. Incredibly weird indeed.
SportsFan581
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Several newspapers have covered the reports that have released with big question marks here in the states. LOL Google is your friend.
Ass of Can Whooping
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Ah yes, newspapers, el oh el
SportsFan581
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Many that feature the opinions of prestigious lawyers and professors in the field, yes.
Ass of Can Whooping
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Care to share them
SportsFan581
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Like I said, Google is your friend. Just do a date based search from around the time the initial CMA statements released. A media search should work too because this was widely covered on the business news networks, always with the general position that the statements were very unusual.
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Ass of Can Whooping
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Don't worry, it was a rhetorical question. I wasn't expecting you to actually provide any sources.
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SportsFan581
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Good, because I'm not your personal research team. LOL
Menzies
Banned
What?!
I'm sure their protection doesn't extend to entrenched Sony consumers from self-masochism by refusing to buy an Xbox and an imaginary entitlement.
How about protecting healthy competition and consumer value interests.
Ass of Can Whooping
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Bruh don't worry, I don't expect people to go above their own limits.
Banjo64
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so just hoeg law then. got it.
again, not sure how this is a 'gatcha' - for example the CMA's official position is that they are concerned games will be taken off other platforms. that's not bias, it's their position as part of this review.
laynelane
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I did a little searching and found out we're on the first page of results. Gaf is movin' on up.
Jimmyisback
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holy shit... seeing this for the first time...what are they even doing..lol
Ass of Can Whooping
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The road to stardom baby
Banjo64
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Make a claim, can't back it up, act like a clown. At least the CMA published a 70 page document backing up their position, you can't even copy and paste something (because it doesn't exist).
Ghost of Caelid
Banned
"Including my playstation". Playstation is the secret kabal Q supporters are scared of.
Thirty7ven
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Healthy competition lol the market IS competitive! Or healthy competition for you means he who can buy the market should be able to?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Kilau
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Where do you think the PlayStation came from?Paying off Jimmy's visit to Brussels
Menzies
Banned
It might be competitive, but certainly healthy doesn't describe a dominant player leveraging position to secure exclusivity deals and suffocate competition.
If that's fair game, then why isn't this?
If everything is healthy, answer this; - how much more would it cost Microsoft to purchase FFXVI exclusivity, and what would be the resultant reputational damage?
Ass of Can Whooping
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We're really back to whining about an industry standard
feynoob
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As I have been saying this alot. It's MS fault that they are at this position. They had many opportunities to be the market leader.
This is buying an entire industry.
Activision and Blizzard are like EA+Take2. That is how big it is.
It's depends on their userbase.
Those companies are looking to get their money back. If you have less userbase, you pay more money.
That is how business works.
feynoob
Banned
They have no clue how much impact this purchase can have on the industry.
We are talking about a company whose only single IP managed to put Xbox toe to toe against ps3, which was coming from 150m ps2.
That is how much impact it has on the industry.
Menzies
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So, it's the industry standard that no acquisitions are fair game, and a dominant leader enjoys all the spoils?
How is anyone reasoning that a competitor far less cashed-up than Microsoft could compete?
Menzies
Banned
Doesn't matter how many times you say it...Microsoft still don't own a time machine. What exactly is the pragmatic proposal to improve their position that doesn't involve correcting the past?
I think you'll find most PlayStation owners won't be swayed and their position is far from at risk.
And acquisitions seem like a suitable avenue to compensate for dwarfed market share and increase competition.
Cheezewizz
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Fortunately, one of the benefits of not having universal healthcare is being able to decide IF you can even hold your newborn baby.
Try harder.
Ass of Can Whooping
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No, that's not a benefit lmao
Ass of Can Whooping
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Are we just going to ignore the fact that we've seen multiple acquisitions pre-Actibliz then
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