You got it all backwards. UK loves competition. They are literally forcing MS to actually compete in the gaming sphere. If they hated competition they would have allowed MS to move forward using enterprise money to make competition with them in gaming sphere very difficult.
"Phil Spencer says..."Hopefully this serves as a wake up call for them.
Phil Spencer has been making empty promises for a decade. Time for him invest in his studios and get some quality games out there.
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All this promises and still no game of the year candidate.
Hmmm...a simple google search shows that Microsoft has 6,000 employees in the UK versus Sony having 4,500
They were always about playing takeaway. That was and is their only shot. From a gamer standpoint, nobody lost a thing today. They were always going to have access to these games. The wanted to buy the IPs and the control
There was a point in time I'd argue that Halo and Gears of War were bigger/stronger than any exclusive Sony had. And they botched it
It's bad for UK startup funding. Why invest in UK startups if the CMA will block their future exit opportunities. All those UK startups will be convinced to re-incorporate in the US.
Starfield will be the GOTY candidate in 2023.Hopefully this serves as a wake up call for them.
Phil Spencer has been making empty promises for a decade. Time for him invest in his studios and get some quality games out there.
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How many of them have to do with gaming?
They will release their games but not hire or invest into the UK.
To be fair, that would be MS's problem in this scenario.
No it's not. The UK would rather appease MS, which is one of the 5 biggest companies in the world and highly influential with the US. Why would the UK prioritise a tiny Japanese company in comparison.
Agreed. All these mega corps got big due to government picking winners and losers. Microsoft, Google, Facebook have all gotten government funding early on which helped cement them.
Sony probably has a little more with the studios they have there. But what's your point? Gaming is relatively peanuts to Microsoft and in general to the economy, the non gaming Microsoft employees probably contributing more to GDP
Lol you're an idiot. The cma are not console warriors.
Hopefully this serves as a wake up call for them.
Phil Spencer has been making empty promises for a decade. Time for him invest in his studios and get some quality games out there.
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ah yes, they should look to that tiny quirky startup Activision-Blizzard
There was a tiny quirky UK startup called Revolut in 2015 that is now valued at $30B today. Stripe, a $90B startup, was founded by British guys that moved to the US. Downstream capital and investment matters.
Lol when I first started reading, I was thinking to myself, "self... What is this person talking about?". I then saw your edit.
When he wore that State of Decay shirt, people thought he was teasing a new game.Hopefully this serves as a wake up call for them.
Phil Spencer has been making empty promises for a decade. Time for him invest in his studios and get some quality games out there.
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once you get to that size you dont need an "exit opportunity", you're a massive company, and in any case, you can be damn sure that any jurisdiction is going to take a good hard look at it. Remember FTC was/is planning a lawsuit over this thing.
you funny in a sad way.
Breaking up monopolies (competitive markets) is fundamental to capitalism.
Comparing MS to disney is low even for me .... modern disney is a well oiled industry of pure wokeness and killing popular IPs ... they are fine to burn billions to mantain the message .. MS dosent go that low or stupid
Because Activision and its shareholders want what's best for Activision. To make money not to lose it. If they start selling off studios what would the shareholders and company gain?
Even then, cloud streaming over GamePass would solve the issue and bring a reasonable experience to crap hardware.
When Phil speaks...Hopefully this serves as a wake up call for them.
Phil Spencer has been making empty promises for a decade. Time for him invest in his studios and get some quality games out there.
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Look who is talking.
I agree that Xbox needs to deliver some meaningful content very soon, but I feel as if these statements you made are hyperbole. 2015, 2017, and 2020's headlines seem appropriate. And while they haven't won many "major gaming news outlets" game of the year, they absolutely have had candidates.Hopefully this serves as a wake up call for them.
Phil Spencer has been making empty promises for a decade. Time for him invest in his studios and get some quality games out there.
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Nah this is a CMA issue not because MS is big in the UK. Again, it is an influence game. The appeal is waste of time.
Those companies won't get started in the UK because of an unfavourable regulatory environment. That's why I mentioned downstream capital.
Isn't your avatar from sausage party? That was one of the most disgusting and stupid films I have ever watch.
Which rounds back to their cloud concerns, plus Nintendo didn't agree to bring gamepass to the switch, they just said "sure, you can release cod on switch"
Possibly, UK has its set of issues as all countries do, but "oh noes a regulatory agency is going to look at us if another company wants to spend $70B to acquire us" is not one of them.
