Jemm
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Probably tomorrow, after every party has edited their PR-statements to look as positive as possible. Or when there is some actual decision.
Microsoft / Activision Deal Approval Watch |OT| (MS/ABK close)
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Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Or the deal is finally dead so the gag order is lifted.
JLB
Banned
do you want an avatar bet?
Banjo64
cumsessed
Should have took his £350 Logitech streaming tablet.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Not Bravo, he’s being facetious by using criticism levied at Xbox and using as defense the valuation of Microsoft as a whole.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
No, they didn't have to pay $70 billion to get COD on Game Pass. They're paying $70 billion to get COMPLETE OWNERSHIP of COD and every other ABK IP & asset.
Funny you are talking about lack of fairness for Microsoft yet are being unfair on the actual reason why Microsoft are paying a premium for ABK.
Well this latest report isn't regarding the CMA it's the EC who are still maintaining concerns regarding subscriptions service.
Sony not being able to afford to put it on ps plus, is exactly the reason why EC can't be idiotic enough to let MS dictate the pricing of putting it on something ps plus.
MS biggest reasons for this acqusition is actually not cod but king as they have been telling us, so shouldn't be a big problem agreeing on a fair price to put cod on ps plus right? As the bigger picture is mobile....
It's not even about that and, maybe when you say "Sony can't afford the pricing", you are alluding to what I'm going to bring up next. But I do want to bring it up briefly.
COD being a Day 1 in PS+ would completely screw over PlayStation's business model. They'd be leaving revenue on the table due to a drop in direct sales and not getting enough in increased sub revenue to offset it. They'd have to pay for getting the game in PS+ whereas Microsoft can throw COD into Game Pass for no extra cost.
And the real whammy: COD in PS+ Day 1 will train PS customers to expect more big AAA games Day 1 into the service, including Sony's own, and also start training them to not buy new releases Day 1 (or in some cases, at all, becoming content with what is just in the service).
For Microsoft, these kind of consequences mean nothing because Xbox is so little of their total revenue and profit stream. For Sony, gaming is MUCH more important to their bottom line, and these consequences would be the death of PlayStation.
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JLB
Banned
No idea. Anyways my point is that these mid tier corporate robin hoods dont have the same principles when the company is not the same one and trash all their supposed principles.
HerpDerpstreit
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That's hilarious.
MasterCornholio
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I'm sure if it's positive they won't hide it from us. I guess we have to see what happens.
pasterpl
Member
They have lost a case internally, even 2 last year, and then appealed, again internally and won all of the appeals. Doesn't change the FACT that they lost initially in their internal, controlled by them court, and had to appeal to get their decision made their way. What is so hard to understand?
Varteras
Member
The issue there is ResetEra was created by bad faith actors in the first place and then lined their teams with the same kind of people. The ones who own it now don't give a shit. They bought it for the potential revenue. The only way they'll step in is if the forum starts collapsing. Which actually would happen if they started replacing the people in charge with less bias personalities. Because the moment sanity, reason, and discourse gets put in place there, about 90% of the members will run out like nuns caught in a dildo shop.
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Astray
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Both sides are briefing and counter-briefing press as fits their needs.Very curious that Dring wrote an article to stop enthusiasm about the deal soon today.
And from what I'm seeing, Dring tends to be the Sony counterpart of Tom Warren, constantly tweeting positive news about the platform with a "neutral-ish" tone.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
No it is confusing. It was announced that it was moving to a service in early 2022 but then announced that there is a premium annual release earlier this month. One could read this as them being confident that the deal will go through early last year and being OK with not selling a shitload of 70 dollar games each year, to them seeing that the deal is troubled and needing to backtrack to keep their share prices from tanking.
Jemm
Member
Could be sooner than I anticipated:
HeisenbergFX4
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Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
That pie chart on the left, though. Is that really necessary by Microsoft for its own product?
Banjo64
cumsessed
Brad Smith at Microsoft has announced a new deal with Nvidia, that will bring Call of Duty and all Xbox games (that are on PC) to its services. "Nvidia's GeForce Now service already has 25 million" players, Smith says.
Microsoft will be bringing its Xbox games, that play on PC, to Nvidia's Geforce service. If the deal is approved, it will bring Activision Blizzard's games to GeForce Now, too, including Call of Duty.
17:46 PM
Brad Smith is on stage right now to brief the media. He's reminding us that they've promised to make Call of Duty on Nintendo consoles.
17:08 PM
Hello! We are live in Brussels. Microsoft has been meeting with Sony and many of its peers at the European Commission, and is now about to brief the media.
Microsoft will be bringing its Xbox games, that play on PC, to Nvidia's Geforce service. If the deal is approved, it will bring Activision Blizzard's games to GeForce Now, too, including Call of Duty.
17:46 PM
Brad Smith is on stage right now to brief the media. He's reminding us that they've promised to make Call of Duty on Nintendo consoles.
17:08 PM
Hello! We are live in Brussels. Microsoft has been meeting with Sony and many of its peers at the European Commission, and is now about to brief the media.
MasterCornholio
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KungFucius
King Snowflake
I'm curious about your analogy. While it is clear that the nuns are running out of that dildo shop to go home and play with a newly acquired dildo, what are the Reetards running out to do?
That is the one I wanted, would be interesting if that's meaningful for some regulators.
https://www.eurogamer.net/live-microsoft-press-briefing-on-activision-blizzard-deal-future
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HeisenbergFX4
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17:50 PM
Microsoft is now listing all the companies and organisations that support the Activision Blizzard deal. Including Nvidia, Valve, and more.
Microsoft is now listing all the companies and organisations that support the Activision Blizzard deal. Including Nvidia, Valve, and more.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
"Brad Smith at Microsoft has announced a new deal with Nvidia, that will bring Call of Duty and all Xbox games (that are on PC) to its services."
Edit: Okay, others are doing it, so I'm gonna stop
Edit: Okay, others are doing it, so I'm gonna stop
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analog_future
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Sure would be weird for them to hold a press event like this titled “Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard and the future of gaming” only to come out and be like "yeah it's not happening".
HeisenbergFX4
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17:53 PM
Brad Smith: "Regulators is not here to protect super dominant companies. Believe me, I know."
17:52 PM
Microsoft says it is 'more than ready' to answer regulator concerns.
Brad Smith says: "Think about the market in Europe. It is a market where Sony has an 80% share. Globally, it is about 70/30. In Japan, it is 96/4. These numbers have been remarkably steady for two decades. Even last year, when there were issues with Sony's supply chain, they came back strong."
Sony outsold Microsoft by 69/31 towards the end of last year.
Brad Smith: "Regulators is not here to protect super dominant companies. Believe me, I know."
17:52 PM
Microsoft says it is 'more than ready' to answer regulator concerns.
Brad Smith says: "Think about the market in Europe. It is a market where Sony has an 80% share. Globally, it is about 70/30. In Japan, it is 96/4. These numbers have been remarkably steady for two decades. Even last year, when there were issues with Sony's supply chain, they came back strong."
Sony outsold Microsoft by 69/31 towards the end of last year.
He's on the way there and he's going to use this tweet to show how the xbox console is like the Switch you can play on the plane. /s
Look at that piechart and 150m
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Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Okay, that means it is still bad for Microsoft
Banjo64
cumsessed
Wait… why aren’t Nintendo represented on that chart? Is it because, as Microsoft’s own documentation supported all along, Nintendo don’t compete directly with Xbox?
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
So now it's only Sony that opposes the deal? In the whole industry?
jm89
Member
Google afaik was the other one
TheGodfather07
Member
Oh ffs Microsoft. They keep side stepping the regulators concerns and crying about how dominant sony are. How does that even help their case?
HeisenbergFX4
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17:57 PM Brad Smith says Microsoft has deep and long experience of delivering on remedies to get satisfy the EU, citing past acquisitions like LinkedIn.
We have come here to make this kind of solution work, he says.
We have come here to make this kind of solution work, he says.
DrFigs
Member
what happened to Google? I mean it's not unexpected that other publishers wouldn't oppose the deal. Why would they? They also benefit from consolidation / less competitors.
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Judging by those presentation posters the event is to influence and not to announce an outcome of any kind.
analog_future
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HeisenbergFX4
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17:58 PM "We haven't agreed a deal with Sony, but I hope we will."
Smith says he has an envelope in his pocket with the deal on paper.
"I hope today is a day that will advance our industry and regulation in a responsible way."
17:59 PM
Sony can spend all its energy trying to block this deal, which will reduce competition and slow the evolution of the market. Or they can sit down with us, and hammer out a deal.
Smith says he has an envelope in his pocket with the deal on paper.
"I hope today is a day that will advance our industry and regulation in a responsible way."
17:59 PM
Sony can spend all its energy trying to block this deal, which will reduce competition and slow the evolution of the market. Or they can sit down with us, and hammer out a deal.
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ChiefDada
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I understand what you're saying, but based on the structural remedies the CMA is seemingly asking for, I wouldn't describe it as the same deal if that is what Microsoft ends up having to do.
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Heisenberg007
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HeisenbergFX4
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18:02 PM
Smith says he's more optimistic about the deal going through because of the deals with Nvidia and Nintendo.
There's only one barrier to stopping this deal going through, Smith says. It's the regulators.
Smith says he's more optimistic about the deal going through because of the deals with Nvidia and Nintendo.
There's only one barrier to stopping this deal going through, Smith says. It's the regulators.
Riky
$MSFT
So that's the cloud and Call Of Duty issues dealt with, time to get this deal done.
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