Orbital2060
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This was expected imo. It wasnt going to happen without some posturing over ideals from some authorities. The question was always what will happen after that and how far the parties want to go.
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Thirty7ven
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CMA pretty much told MS COD is out of the table. Don’t see how they agree to behavioral remedies that don’t match the concept of divesting COD.
Divesting COD and a ten year deal for COD is nothing alike.
Ezekiel_
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Consider that bridge burned
reinking
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"Jims voice mail, please leave a message after the beep"
"Jim, hey buddy, it's me, Bobby,... ...hey.. ..um.. ..I have been doing some thinking.. ....remember all of those good times we had talking playstation numbers? Yea, me too... ...I umm know...."
"click"
"Jims voice mail, please leave a message after the beep"
"..sorry, got cut-off... ..so.... what I was saying.. ..um.. ..I know I got a little distracted and carried away by that Phil guy.. ....I mean.. ..he can be charming you know?... ...Um.. ..anyway.. it really is a good thing.. .it made me realize what we had was real.. ...you know? Like... ..really real.....
"click"
"Jims voice mail, please leave a message after the beep"
"...damn voice mail keeps cutting me off... ...anyway... ..I know we had a rough patch... ..I take all of the blame here.. ..I mean.. .I got caught up in the glitz and glamour.. ...they had me seeing gree....."
"click"
"This voice mail is full"
"click"
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xHunter
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Never understood this warrior mentality. Like they have a cheap device, a good subscription service, their numbers are probably at the highest they have ever been at. They have more first party studios than their competitors and probably more games in the making too and somehow not being able to buy ABK is going to make them quit the console industry? Wtf, their problem is marketing, which is almost non existent in the EU, not the amount of first party studios
NickFire
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"between now and April"
Based on the termination fee schedule, the reference to "between now and April" suggests this deal is DEAD. Unless the influencers can pull off a Hail Mary. But if COD being divested is a requirement, or better yet all of Activision, then MS will never try catching that ball anyway.
Mr Moose
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NickFire
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I found Jim's response:
"Bobby, you're nothing to me now. You're not a brother, you're not a friend. I don't want to know you or what you do. I don't want to see you at the hotels, I don't want you near my house."
(To be fair to Bobby though, he still gets to tell his shareholders he secured them a nice dividend without selling a thing)
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kvltus lvlzvs
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so uh is console wars the sportsball teams of video games? I feel like I just realized something important.
Banjo64
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HeisenbergFX4
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Sorry if already shared this thread is flying
NickFire
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Which one of MS's lawyers wrote it though?
Varteras
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Thirty7ven
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Kotic will have to leave AB if the deal doesn’t go through, the guy is out there burning bridges.
mansoor1980
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ToadMan
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The were last because they’re also in “last place” so they have the most market share to try and claw back.
And they still went ahead and upped prices.
What does that tell us? It tells is that game prices are about where they should be.
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HoofHearted
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Wow -
Business decisions being run by government agencies without a clue of the business they're investigating by polling the public about their "feelings"... where was this "survey" taken?
If it's like the exit polls during elections - the "survey" will be as accurate as throwing darts at a bullseye at 300 yards.
Interestingly enough - I never received the option to participate in this "survey".... and I all of the systems.
XXL
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Pelta88
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Regulator of XBOX's second strongest market said "Hell Nah" to the Activision acquisition.
Thirty7ven
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Sure sure it’s CMA that doesn’t have a clue about the market of course. Can’t possibly be you no sir.
Varteras
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CMA has said that in order for them to approve the deal Microsoft would need to release certain parts of ABK. They either need to give up Call of Duty and all studios associated with it, give up all of Activision, give up both Activision and Blizzard (leaving them King), or watch the deal get blocked. They have suggested they may allow a behavioral remedy, such as making Call of Duty on all platforms and at absolute parity for a very long time, but that is not likely as regulators find such remedies a pain in the ass to keep up with.
GHG
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In some of your minds everything, no matter what happens, is always a "massive W for Microsoft". I don't understand the thought process and I'm not sure I want to but it is an interesting phenomenon to witness.
SSfox
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BiohazardX95
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They paid some billions to keep some Bethesda games off Playstation indefinitely, remember.
HoofHearted
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DeepEnigma
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NickFire
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That screams "poison pill" to me, designed by CMA so MS takes more "heat" than CMA when the deal is terminated.
This is pure speculation on my part of course. But if CMA is worried about subscription competition, then they would want parity there too. And MS is not about to both sell COD on PS and let PS sell PS+ subs thanks to COD. No way IMO.
HoofHearted
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Kinda missing the point I spelled out - aren't you?
SenjutsuSage
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CMA: We'll let the deal go through if you slice up Activision and make sure COD isn't in your hands
Resetera:
This isn't all that they said. They said they're open and willing to entertain behavioral remedies, and access remedies, even though this deal typically wouldn't meet such requirements. This deal is getting approved fellas.
CMA is being political to not appear to be giving Microsoft and free ride, but they will entertain behavior remedies that are clearly enforceable.
splattered
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Even if this does go through i think this will be the "huge" acquisition Microsoft attempts in a long time
mansoor1980
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Thirty7ven
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Can you manage just how desperate MS is for this shit?
GHG
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Treating twitter as the battleground for this regulatory process hasn't worked thus far so what do they do? Double down and do it with greater frequency and aggression.
What could go wrong?
mansoor1980
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The survey was sent from CMA to 40000 UK PlayStation COD players, and asked how this would impact them.
Would your answer be non-biased?
Fess
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Is the new talk only about COD Xbox exclusivity? The deal itself and COD and Diablo etc on Gamepass on Xbox and PC could still happen?
Varteras
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Yeah. There is nothing about this situation that is all that good for Microsoft. The absolute best they can hope for is that the CMA agrees to a behavioral remedy that basically sees the single biggest reason for owning Activision very much neutered for potentially decades to come. But regulators aren't fond of such remedies because of all the work and oversight it takes for a long period of time to ensure the remedy is being honored. Structural remedies are much easier, decisive, and impactful to apply. Which is most likely where the CMA will take this. In which case the $70 billion Microsoft is paying wouldn't be worth it and they'd honestly be complete fools to pay it.
Thirty7ven
Banned
CMA is proposing MS divests COD and its studios. They do that and sure you can get your Diablo on gamepass.
DeepEnigma
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GHG
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They will have used a 3rd party agency.
First it was Sony who sent it, now it's supposed to be direct from the CMA. What next?
Mr Reasonable
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Kotic definitely trying to say Sony don't care about COD as a way to influence the deal, not give insight into communications between different companies.
Banjo64
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Yeah because I’m not a little bitch? I’d say ‘I don’t play CoD now fuck off’.
SSfox
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Pretty sure it won't stay 70B$ and the price would be cut if COD is removed from the equation
Who would own COD then? Unless MS won't acquire Acti (only Blizzard and King)
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