Microsoft / Activision deal prevented to protect innovation and choice in cloud gaming
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//DEVIL//
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Zero. Unless MS decided to stop their whole business in UK. Which is not gonna happened
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ShaiKhulud1989
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CMA approval was crucial to the deal and successful appeal prospects seems uinlikely. This descision will inevitably swing EU and FTC investigations too.
Not a good look for MS despite some PR bull from Brad Smith about appealing. CMA wording is surprisingly clear.
Not a good look for MS despite some PR bull from Brad Smith about appealing. CMA wording is surprisingly clear.
Unknown Soldier
Member
LMAO alright, I didn't see this one coming. I figured, approval or blocking would be based on consoles. But CLOUD was the one that got them in the end. Nobody fucks with CLOUD.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
I would love to see them do that just to see how it would backfire on them spectacularly.
kanjobazooie
Mouse Ball Fetishist
Good. The more IP Microsoft owns, the less chance for Viva Pinata to come back.
IFireflyl
Gold Member
Me. I've been saying for months that Call of Duty was the wrong focus, and that cloud gaming was what the argument should have been.
DarkMage619
argued with me over it. Guess I was right.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Blocked because of the Michael Pachter curse!
Was gonna bring this up the guy was 100% convinced it would be approved by the CMA.
Sanepar
Member
Probably will sell Xbox platform I would say, they don't know how to compete.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
The guy always misses. Cursed being.Blocked because of the Michael Pachter curse!
Elder Legend
Banned
Via Pinata was awesome, especially the sequel. But please remind me, we're mice existent in that game? I only remember having chickens and bunnies lol.
kanjobazooie
Mouse Ball Fetishist
As a matter of fact, they did.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
This is the most retarded post on GAF this year, but the UK is in fact a cold, gloomy, rainy hellscape
//DEVIL//
Member
Lol.Blocked because of the Michael Pachter curse!
That guy has to be the worst analyst when it comes to video games. Every time he predicted something, it was the other way around. It's almost a good way make money by betting on the opposite of what he says
Elder Legend
Banned
I can't wait too see what Daddy Phil has to say in an official statement.
ByWatterson
Member
I don't even know how I feel about the deal at this point but HOLY SHIT
sncvsrtoip
Member
Quite funny, all this battle and reason for blocking has nothing to do with Sony ;d
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Cloud gaming is the future after all.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Nah, that is silly. Why not fire more people and return money to shareholders in the form of stock buyback. That's the only true way to live for these big tech companies!
Also, good that they blocked it. We have had enough of major consolidation in the industry.
GHG
Gold Member
Blocked because of the Michael Pachter curse!
Should have seen it coming. The only thing more reliable in all of finance is the reverse Cramer.
SteelCurtain 59
Member
And people were saying Sony didn't have deep pockets
Banjo64
cumsessed
Cope.
feynoob
Banned
El Pistolero
Banned
Read the CMA answer, and the points they raise make a lot of sense. If MS were to be allowed to absorb ABK, they would have ZERO competition in the cloud market the moment it takes off. Sony has the games, but not the infrastructure; Google and Amazon the infrastructure, but not the games. MS would have some of the most powerful IPs, the largest stable of developers, and Azure to dominate the scene, unchecked. MS as one of the players is good for the industry...MS given carte blanche to create another Windows scenario is a nightmare.
FIREKNIGHT2029
Member
Good, now MS can start actually putting out some games with the studios they've already bought.
They have more studios than Sony and Nintendo already. If they can't put them to work then they need to GTFO of the industry or get a new management team for their Xbox division.
Consolidation is bad and this news brings me joy.
They have more studios than Sony and Nintendo already. If they can't put them to work then they need to GTFO of the industry or get a new management team for their Xbox division.
Consolidation is bad and this news brings me joy.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Daneel Elijah
Member
I agree with this. But would ask for the "Sony got away with their bullshit" part. It is what they have said and done against the deal? Then it is just business. But if it is something else I am curious. Good news, and a surprising one as you have said. Now the UE is next.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
In other news Tencent to snap up 40% of ABK under the radar...
6502
Member
As an xbox gamer I am happy with this. MS need to focus on sorting their 1st party game releases out and not get tangled up in managing more studios. Their track record isn't good and we don't need them cocking up more major releases on the platform.
That money could be better spent funding development of additional games and filling out their catalogue.
That money could be better spent funding development of additional games and filling out their catalogue.
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Tiago Rodrigues
Member
A good day for the industry and hopefully this level of acquisitions will not happen again.
They will probably appeal, but it's going to to take probably until 2024 for a final decision now.
Hopefully they will pay more attention to the studios they already have. Its more than enough. If they still can't crawl form the hole they are at right now, then maybe having Activision wasn't all that great for them in the first place anyway.
They will probably appeal, but it's going to to take probably until 2024 for a final decision now.
Hopefully they will pay more attention to the studios they already have. Its more than enough. If they still can't crawl form the hole they are at right now, then maybe having Activision wasn't all that great for them in the first place anyway.
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Methos#1975
Member
This is assuming that the CMA wasn't already in communication with those agencies and we're reading the room so to speak.
Snake29
Banned
Good, go make your own games with the studios you already have. Already acquired Bethesda as a big publisher, it's not like CoD wasn't already on all platforms. MS should go for a marketing deal with Activision (again) en i want to see if anything will change for them or that PS will be still the biggest platform for CoD.
feynoob
Banned
The good news is no big acquisition for the time being.
Meaning MS and Sony won't tear apart the industry for consolidation.
That is a win for us gamers
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Xbox is not giving up on their 2nd biggest market, lmao. That would kill the brand, since it's already almost irrelevant in all europe and Japan. They'd have the USA only.
crackajack
Member
Understandable. But how the fuck did eg. buying whatsapp ever get approved. Sure, past decisions are in the past, and hindering a number 3 because they are dominant in other related areas makes sense, but were laws and lawmaker's directions that different a few years back?