Microsoft / Activision Deal Approval Watch |OT| (MS/ABK close)
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Heisenberg007
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This is huge by the CMA.
A big win for Microsoft's case.
A big win for Microsoft's case.
Punished Miku
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And for the record, it's not about gloating. I also agree, it doesn't SLC. Sony is likely still to be the market leader for a long time to come. The whole reason I supported this deal, to hopefully see 3 strong consoles competing.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Summary please ?
thismeinteil
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MS must have been pumping out a lot of checks.
adamsapple
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Kilau
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CMA were told Sony has 98% of the market.
ROFL here
Topher
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CMA basically did an about face on everything they said previously. Microsoft does not have incentive to foreclose COD. The acquisition does not significantly lessen competition.
Done deal
Punished Miku
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I've been saying that since day 1.
Tiago Rodrigues
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Yup. It's a done deal.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Still reading the rest of the document, but this deal is now 80% going through.
The rest of the 20% doubt is because of how the CMA may be treaing the cloud gaming market and MS's role in that, but that can be managed with behavioral access remedies and Nvidia type deals.
This won't be blocked now.
The rest of the 20% doubt is because of how the CMA may be treaing the cloud gaming market and MS's role in that, but that can be managed with behavioral access remedies and Nvidia type deals.
This won't be blocked now.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
thank you
ChuckeRearmed
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Essentially only the section 6 is interesting one. But basically CMA believes that removing COD from Playstation would make Microsoft lose too much money and even if Microsoft were to deteriorate COD quality - it would not cause a foreclosure as "That quality deterioration would likely represent only a fraction of the value that PlayStation gamers derive from CoD" as people would play COD anyway.
HundredThousandTrillion
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To quote Jay-Z “it was all good just a week ago…”
I stand by what I said. EU will pass. We’ll follow suit.
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Kilau
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Maybe they understand the market better than we thought.
Heisenberg007
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Not just that, they completely flip-flopped. They are now against their own arguments. Proper circus.
Dick Jones
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Surprised they think that Microsoft will keep their word here. The same rhetoric was used when buying Bethesda so I expect COD to leave PS sooner than the 10 years. The last COD on Playstation will be PS5 only [no next gen, I guarantee it]
harry mason 1989
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Finally it's over
HundredThousandTrillion
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Sony better proceed thoughtfully and diligently. Or they might be next…
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Dick Jones
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We'll send you to Silent Hill Downpour as penance.
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Kilau
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Bought by MS?
Punished Miku
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DJ12
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Probs just said they'd start paying the tax on uk earnings instead of farming it through the eu to avoid it lol
ChuckeRearmed
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They literally continued to support Minecraft and released games related to that IP on Playstation. Depending on the state of COD IP in a few it might or might not be removed from Playstation. Like Minecraft.
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StueyDuck
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Pretty sure it's more like MS is gonna get more aggressive with buying all the publishers.
They got away with buying the biggest publisher of all time. Precedent is set and MS can do anything the want now.
My advice to all gamers is enjoy the next few years while gaming is still gaming till it becomes She-hulks and Thor love n thunders. This is the route it's going and what happens when one entity owns everything.
Bernardougf
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Lets watch the shills narrative the second MS makes COD exclusive .... as I fully expect then to do as soon as the existing contracts are over.. and will happily eat crow if Im wrong
ToTTenTranz
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She's not being bribed to speak in favor of Microsoft in the ABK acquisition?
https://www.opensecrets.org/members.../contributors?cid=N00007836&cycle=2022&type=C
graywolf323
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it’s such a stunning about face contrary to everything they’d been saying previously that really the only logical conclusion is Microsoft greased the right wheels
Topher
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I've been saying that since day 1.
Well.....we won't know of the long term ramifications for a while, but I've been saying that I believed MS would convince CMA for a while.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Yeah. If regulators couldn't block Activision, they can't block anything else.
It's going to be a free-for-all now with Sony, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Tencent consolidating the industry in the next few years.
Was a good ride.
ChuckeRearmed
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It is like threatening Xbox with Square Enix acquisition
Ar¢tos
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With Japanese laws preventing foreign takeovers... I don't think so...
Punished Miku
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The only way it would make any sense is if GP subs hit Netflix levels around 200 million. Otherwise they just don't gain anything from it.
What they want is MS gaming division to be fully self-sufficient during this long decade of growth / cloud transition. They're fine letting PS gamers buy COD. There are lots of other games to play and they don't want to do a single thing to disrupt players who enjoy buying that every year. It's just not going to happen.
And after all this public scrutiny, it's just virtually impossible. Meet you back here in 2033 for the "I told you so."
In ten years when the contract is over? LOL. I still think they’ll go the Fortnite/Apex/Overwatch route with it LONG before then where the campaign is dropped and it’s like all other shooters that are F2P supported by the battle pass.
Or they’ll just break off the campaign like they did Halo and make the MP free.
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graywolf323
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yep this is honestly the worst possible outcome for gaming IMO, the fact MS somehow got this through with only behavior remedies? will the people cheering this eat crow when the slippery slope ends up being true?
probably not because they only care about GamePass and not having to buy games
Kilau
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They’ve said from the start they weren’t done.
That didn’t bother any of the regulators so yeah, they’ll own everything they can buy going forward.
Heisenberg007
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I don't think they need a signed contract. Microsoft will have to comply with the 10-year deal regardless if Sony signed or not.
Tiago Rodrigues
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Sony already knew the odds of this getting rejected were slim at best. They have all the lawyers. I’m sure this isn’t a huge surprise for them.
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Bernardougf
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Sony dosent signed the 10 year contract.. all they have is the existing contracts with ABK ... if the deal pass it without any remedies (seems the case) that is no 10 year contract
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