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Axios (Stephen Totilo) Lawyers: Email proves Microsoft’s ABK bid is designed to elimination (Update: MS claims it was a "thought experiment")
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
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azertydu91
Hard to Kill
Well it is pretty common to be fair.I guess at one point people get used to it.
That has been the plan since the Bethesda's acquisition. It's obvious to everyone with a brain.
They realized that beating them at the same game was impossible for them.
They tried to use their financial strength. Typical Microsoft (and all these mega corporations) mentality.
They made a mistake with Activision, they tried to accelerate things too quickly and they got into a legal swamp that exposed them in every possible way, goals and methods.
They realized that beating them at the same game was impossible for them.
They tried to use their financial strength. Typical Microsoft (and all these mega corporations) mentality.
They made a mistake with Activision, they tried to accelerate things too quickly and they got into a legal swamp that exposed them in every possible way, goals and methods.
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I would like to think any business just wants ppl to by their product, service, etc. Initially at least, lol.
Competition going out of business is usually a result, not a desire. Apple is a totally different beast, but do anyone really think Google wanted MS, Blackberry and Palm to go out of business in the smartphone market when they introduced Android?
If your intent and desire is to put the competition out of business.....whew. A trillion dollar company making one of the biggest gaming acquisition in history kinda adds some wild context to this if its true.
Hell, I guess we should be glad Minecraft is still multi platform.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Oh please. Phil could piss down your back you'd tell him it was raining.
rickybooby87
Member
Microsoft is bringing us more choice by way of less choice, don’t think about it. It totally makes sense if you’re an absolute shill.
SRTtoZ
Member
The thing is, it won't work. Look at how people flock to Sony over MS even regardless of them buying huge IP's like TES and Starfield. I mean, yes some idiots will run over but most people will stick to their guns and keep buying Sony regardless of it even CoD was exclusive. This whole thing is hilarious though.
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Bernardougf
Member
You should be a lot more surprised than this..
Anyway why is this news? Of course the purchase is made to put Sony out of business. Do we all think Sony signed a deal to keep FF16 off of Xbox just for shits and giggles?
The end game for all of these companies is to be #1.
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Exactly. The only quote in the entire thread made with common sense and not with warrior sense.
FalsettoVibe
Member
As expected, era is working overtime to suppress this info.
Never gonna stop when the mods over there are fanboys as well. The whole conversation around the ABK deal heavily favors Xbox and ABK over there. Anyone who bothers to give a rational opinion is swiftly dealt with.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
You should be a lot more surprised than this..
Is this supposed to be some kind of gotcha?
I still don’t think MS is going to remove CoD. Am I mistaken or does this supposed email say that’s the plan? If so I stand corrected.
Edit, that is even assuming the deal happens, which at this point seems like a long shot.
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ChiefDada
Member
Uh, no.
Bernardougf
Member
Yeah okay.. surejen.gif
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
This is why you don't want big brother Microsoft and all it's money just frivolously spending buying up up studios.
They run a solid business but their gaming side stinks.
They run a solid business but their gaming side stinks.
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Gambit2483
Member
Anti-Trust and Anti-Monopoliy laws basically exist because of MS.
Is anyone here truly surprised by this?
Is anyone here truly surprised by this?
Thirty7ven
Banned
Keep stanning for companies that don’t have a creative whiff in their culture brehs
Bumblebeetuna
Member
I guess the email doesn’t say that. Carry on.
Bernardougf
Member
Nah.. just needed to expose your doble standard and bullshit as always for everybody... back to the ignore little fanboy
Bumblebeetuna
Member
feynoob
Banned
It seems MS is going to shoulder those losses if it means Sony will be out of business.
As they say "a fool and his money are easily parted".
Knightime_X
Member
But it's ok when Sony does it.
ConcealedBlaze
Member
You mean the anti-trust laws put in place in the 1890s and early 1900s? This is not even remotely true. It’s true that Microsoft was party to the largest anti-trust suit in the last 30 years, but that’s it.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
#SonyToo
Bumblebeetuna
Member
I don’t think MS would have to make CoD exclusive in order to get huge dividends from the deal. Putting them on GamePass, exclusive skins or some other trash, all the boatloads of money they’ll make off of CoD transactions of all types, etc.
It all puts them in a better position.
Crayon
Member
When sony spends more money than it can possibly extract from a market to push out competitors?
feynoob
Banned
COD money means a lot to Sony.
All these marketing that Sony does comes from games like COD. Without that funding, Sony won't be able to have timed exclusive games or have enough fundings for their big games.
That is the place MS can attack to inflict huge damage on Sony.
azertydu91
Hard to Kill
More like:
Sony: wants to prevent a deal harming its company
MS: want to end a whole competiting company
Shills so it is basically the same right ?
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Doesn't sound surprising but I'd still like to see what was actually said.
Also how do these lawyers even know what is in some redacted email?
Also how do these lawyers even know what is in some redacted email?
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Knightime_X
Member
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Agreed, and I think this is why Sony is so against the deal. I think they realize MS would be crazy to make the franchise exclusive, but they understand how much money it would bring in for Xbox and the position it would put Xbox in.
Splitting the revenue of a fuck ton of digital transactions with a third party company is a lot different than splitting it with a direct competitor.
azertydu91
Hard to Kill
Ah yes the famous scenario that is happenning in your head...Do you have any proof like an internal mail that will be used in court confirming it or something ?If Sony could snap their fingers to remove Xbox they would.
Also Sony...
Sleepwalker
Member
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Email is redacted to the public.
Crayon
Member
If Sony could snap their fingers to remove Xbox they would.
Also Sony...
Yes if sony was the trillion dollar company that was trying to stamp out competition and ms was the one who was outmaneuvering them by competing on merit and still making a profit like a proper business, the roles would be reversed indeed. You'd have to be a real heel to be rooting for sony in that situation.
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.
Microsoft's modus operandi for 20+ years. Don't know why people expected differently.
Microsoft's modus operandi for 20+ years. Don't know why people expected differently.
Dick Jones
Banned
Matt Booty has made a fair few gaffes. You can't deny it is fairly possible before you look at the risk of the gamers falsifying documents in court. MS would call that out straight away.
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
Bad day to be a MS PR guy, I guess. But this e-mail sure does put a lot of Phil’s previous interviews into quite a nasty perspective.
bender
What time is it?
MatrixReloaded101
Member
It feels like everyday more and more bad news is coming out about Xbox.
Like wtf is going on .....
- Redfall flops
- Starfield is 30 FPS on Series X
- The Series S is the main console and the Series X was suppose to be the mid-gen refresh
- Xbox strategically planned to put PlayStation out of business all along with the Activision purchase
Like wtf is going on .....