Microsoft / Activision Deal Approval Watch |OT| (MS/ABK close)
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MasterCornholio
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Latest bits.
1. Some new guy popped up and said that Sony is visiting Microsoft to ask for a perpetual COD deal and to divest Blizzard.
2. Lulu made a comment on twitter that she deleted.
3. Microsofts talk at the EU maybe a last ditch effort to seal the deal.
Thats about it.
bitbydeath
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It doesn’t matter either way, Sony isn’t calling the shots. It’s all in the hands of the CMA, FTC and EU. Maybe their flights should be monitored instead?
IFireflyl
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Banjo64
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I’m from the UK and you don’t speak for me you dumb whore. But enough about me and you, Lulu is wrong too.
Interfectum
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Baki
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And to think they thought they could get away with only 3 years. Shows that they misread the regulator’s on this.
Iced Arcade
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I think the confusion is that Philly said xcloud wasn't using azure a few months back when this all started to hit bumps.
edit: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/uk-re...uisition-of-activision-blizzard-xbox-responds
"Microsoft believes the CMA's concerns here are flawed as currently Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming service does not use Azure, and does not stream games from PC hardware."
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Topher
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I thought it was the documents submitted to regulators stating that xCloud didn't use Azure.
Iced Arcade
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yeah, you shared the article/response earlier.
IFireflyl
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I mean, this is Microsoft's/Phil's entire problem right? They say one thing to the public, and then they say another thing behind closed doors. The fact that anyone puts trust and faith in them is ridiculous. How do you trust someone that is constantly lying and/or misleading?
P.S. This doesn't just apply to Microsoft. They have just been caught doing this so many times in the last few months, likely due to increased scrutiny because of this acquisition. I have no doubt that all other large corporations do the same thing. History repeats itself.
Thirty7ven
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
IllegalLemon
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The guy has already gotten what he wanted, attention and exposure. Just look at all the fanboys who transformed into law experts from armchair intellectuals, by simply taking his words and nonsense as gospel and reposting them on twitter. He's one big copium gun for the fanboys.Dumbass backstreet lawyer
MasterCornholio
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I never understood the three years thing. I thought it was a mistake the first time I saw it.
skit_data
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The whole ”Sony plane flies to MS HQ” seems like an awful stretch and wishful thinking, I don’t think they’ve gone this far just to start negotiating, especially now with regulators indicate that they want structural remedies and possibly make the deal fall apart completely.
But I’ll be the first to admit I’m wrong if this would be the case.
But I’ll be the first to admit I’m wrong if this would be the case.
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James Sawyer Ford
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Dumbass backstreet lawyer
Bububu Hoeblaw
thebigmanjosh
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It also portrays Microsoft in a position of negotiating strength, which they’re 100% not. Why would Sony execs fly to MS HQ to negotiate a deal that they’re likely going to win through regulating entities?
Just absolute dumbassery by people who’ve been overinflated through this whole ordeal.
Chiggs
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Let me predict some of the next concessions MS will propose:
1. "We'll get out of hardware!"
2. "We'll give Sony the Halo IP!"
3. "We'll give Sony a 40% take instead of 30%!"
4. "We'll make Phil gain weight and co-star in Hitch 2, with Jim Ryan playing Will Smith's character!"
5. "We'll pay reparations for Hiroshima and Nagasaki!"
1. "We'll get out of hardware!"
2. "We'll give Sony the Halo IP!"
3. "We'll give Sony a 40% take instead of 30%!"
4. "We'll make Phil gain weight and co-star in Hitch 2, with Jim Ryan playing Will Smith's character!"
5. "We'll pay reparations for Hiroshima and Nagasaki!"
MasterCornholio
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I think what they srr trying to say is that Microsoft is so desperate for this deal that they will offer Sony anything.
I don't believe that's the case here.
HerpDerpstreit
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IF this flight is for execs that are heading to Microsoft HQ, it would be because they were invited to have a conversation about what concessions M$ is considering to try and get Sony onboard. That is a big IF imo.
As it's been said, Sony has studios in the Redmond area, Bungie being the most notable as they have Lightfall dropping in 11 days. Could be a whole lot of nothing to do with anything.
Thirty7ven
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Me throughout this thread whenever someone regurgitated Hoe Law and Idas. Under the guise that they're experts
From page 1 to page 493.
Idas I sort of respect, he’s just another poster. But Hoeg? Dude is a clown, how the hell didn’t he think things through before going around acting like an Xbox fanboy. Idiot.
MasterCornholio
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If all Sony is concerned about is Microsoft not owning COD then regulators will take care of that. Not sure why Sony would let Microsoft have COD unless they were getting something big in return.
When it cines to the regulators it doesn't seen like they will favor Microsoft with this deal. I have no idea how Microsoft will convince them to have ABK without any concessions.
James Sawyer Ford
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HerpDerpstreit
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Oh I agree, concessions will have to be made. I think a 1:1 discussion with Sony to come to terms will help the deal's chances more than this back and forth with the various regulating entities.
MasterCornholio
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I guess in the end it depends on how badly Microsoft wants COD. Going through the regulators they will probably lose it. But if Sony is okay with them owning COD then that could change things for the regulators since Sony isn't complaining about COD anymore. However for that to happen Sony will probably ask for something in return. I'm not sure Microsoft will accept the concessions that Sony wants just to keep COD.
DarkMage619
$MSFT
Spending money doesn't guarantee success. MS has spent billions over the last 20 years. Third place in console gaming. Cloud generates no direct money for Xbox and remains a feature of a tier of their subscription service. That is not a market and certainly not something to block this acquisition over.
I thought no one listened to Jez.
HerpDerpstreit
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10 days old and he said he was being sarcastic in the next post, not sure why this is being brought up.
mansoor1980
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so its over then
Spitfire098
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MS can keep option 2.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
One of these Tweets sounds like the drunken rambling of a hobo and the other like an angsty teenage girl who just got dumped. This is why I avoid Twitter. There is nothing worth saving there.
James Sawyer Ford
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These are people Phil Spencer regularly interacts with
Unknown Soldier
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They also finished the Bethesda acquisition and immediately announced everything was going Xbox only without even considering how regulators might change their response to future acquisitions, especially bigger ones. Their arrogance in this whole thing was breathtaking to behold.
thebigmanjosh
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I agree with you and
HerpDerpstreit
. My point is that there is no way Sony execs are flying to MS HQ to give input on crafting remedies to ensure MS gets the deal done when they're in a position of negotiating strength. Much more likely Phil and co would be flying to the steps of PS HQ in San Mateo to beg for cooperation, or the likeliest possibility, they're there for another reasons totally unrelated to MS.
SneakersSO
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Whichever the case may be - who flew to whom and why - its mostly irrelevant. There are a myriad of reasons why MS and Sony could be meeting, many of which don't have anything to do with the ATVI deal.
Considering the amount of effort Sony has gone through in order to block the deal on some level, I doubt they would meet with MS at this point simply to negotiate, especially due to the fact that Sony is by all accounts winning this regulatory battle.
Considering the amount of effort Sony has gone through in order to block the deal on some level, I doubt they would meet with MS at this point simply to negotiate, especially due to the fact that Sony is by all accounts winning this regulatory battle.
Banjo64
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No one takes him seriously but we’re all free to laugh at his toilet looking ass.
Tomeru
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mansoor1980
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still more memes to come after the final verdict
jm89
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Team microsoft looking mighty sus.
Banjo64
cumsessed
Big song and dance from the bloated EU. Should have just stuck with their findings like the UK have.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Phil's just a nice guy. Privately he probably wants to give these two wedgies and shove their heads in a toilet.
bentanchorbolt
Banned
Part of me wishes I knew more about how these things worked but at the same time the reward doesn't seem worth it. I'll know when its over lol.
Baki
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literally one of the worst takes I’ve heard. MS is not quitting the console industry. If the deal gets blocked, they’ll whine and then get back to work. They might look for a smaller publisher to acquire and try to acquire a mobile publisher as well.
demigod
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Jim Ryan about to school Phil & Brad.
GHG
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Brad is about to tell those who oppose the deal that he will Blockbuster them.
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splattered
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I want juicy secrets to be revealed from both MS and Sony by the time this is all over, stuff we would never in a million years see otherwise
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