Microsoft / Activision Deal Approval Watch |OT| (MS/ABK close)

Do you believe the deal will be approved?

  • Yes, will be approved without changes.

    Votes: 221 24.9%

  • Yes, will be approved but with structural changes to ABK.

    Votes: 102 11.5%

  • Yes, will be approved but only with behavioral concessions.

    Votes: 262 29.6%

  • No, will not be approved.

    Votes: 301 34.0%
  • Total voters
    886
  • Poll closed .
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GHG said:
2019 huh?

What was it that happened in 2019 specifically related to Microsoft/Xbox and Activision again?

Oh yeh, that's right:

venturebeat.com

Mike Ybarra joins Blizzard after years as Xbox services boss

Mike Ybarra is joining Blizzard Entertainment as general manager and executive vice president. He brings years of experience running Xbox services.
venturebeat.com venturebeat.com

I've said it before, I'll say it again. None of this is a coincidence.
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DeepEnigma said:
Agreed. Just like Nokia.
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Sometimes some of y'all really come off like the charlie day conspiracy board meme IRL.
 
DeepEnigma said:
Agreed. Just like Nokia.
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The snake didn't even hide it as well:



Season 3 Ash GIF by STARZ
 
dotnotbot said:
What does that change if the email was about acquisition?
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We don't know what the email was about though. We do know that the gamers lawsuit characterized it as uncontrobertable proof that this deal was part of a strategy to push Sony out of the business even though this deal didn't exist at the time the email was written.
 
- You sir have an email in your name planing to kill this person, your biggest competitor
- close after that you bought the bigger and most expensive gun ever created, what you have to say about that ?
"Well the email is from 3 years ago ... "
- ah, well nevermind, NEXT!
 
Bernardougf said:
- You sir have an email in your name planing to kill this person, your biggest competitor
- close after that you bought the bigger and most expensive gun ever created, what you have to say about that ?
"Well the email is from 3 years ago ... "
- ah, well nevermind, NEXT!
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There's a statute of limitations on death threats, didn't you know that?

NEXT!
 
DeepEnigma said:
It's also because they have the infrastructure and don't need to rent.
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The real challenge is if they were to do this anyone could argue that Microsoft is raising the price of cloud gaming. Their best solution until all acquisitions are over is to create a cheaper cloud only tier to show the lack of cloud only customers.
 
adamsapple said:
It's not wrong tho. Sony is helping the plaintiff's with documentation for the lawsuit.


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No it's stupid. Sony responded to a subpoena. It's stupid to keep trying to link it to somebody who agreed to a subpoena for information. Look at the way they both keep trying to refer to it as "so-called gamers lawsuit". It's obvious they're trying to paint the image that Sony is in the background as some type of puppetmaster because that's better for MS' PR.
 
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They are going to bring the jingoism to the court aren't they? Let's show the American judge why he should be looking at markets outside of the U.S to understand America ain't winning this war SOLDIER HURRAH
 
Thirty7ven said:
They are going to bring the jingoism to the court aren't they? Let's show the American judge why he should be looking at markets outside of the U.S to understand America ain't winning this war SOLDIER HURRAH
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At the very least, expect a number of US Congressmen to suddenly be very passionate about the industry and VERY concerned about Microsoft's place in it. Despite largely ignoring them for over 20 years now. Conveniently being okay with an American duopoly in the mobile OS and computer OS spaces. Also being perfectly fine with a crushing global control over cloud marketshare. Where American companies control over 75% of it. Probably around 80%. A majority of that controlled by 3 companies. You can probably guess who.
 
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Three said:
No it's stupid. Sony responded to a subpoena. It's stupid to keep trying to link it to somebody who agreed to a subpoena for information. Look at the way they both keep trying to refer to it as "so-called gamers lawsuit". It's obvious they're trying to paint the image that Sony is in the background as some type of puppetmaster because that's better for MS' PR.
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Stop Jury Tampering™.
 
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Three said:
No it's stupid. Sony responded to a subpoena. It's stupid to keep trying to link it to somebody who agreed to a subpoena for information. Look at the way they both keep trying to refer to it as "so-called gamers lawsuit". It's obvious they're trying to paint the image that Sony is in the background as some type of puppetmaster because that's better for MS' PR.
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Effectively painting gamers as the enemy too. Remember what Phil said about gamers and how it's our fault for dev drama problems in the industry?

Gaslighting and narrative seed planting everywhere.
 
DeepEnigma said:
Effectively painting gamers as the enemy too. Remember what Phil said about gamers and how it's our fault for dev drama problems in the industry?

Gaslighting and narrative seed planting everywhere.
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EDITED: Eh. Gonna delete this. It was a bit inflammatory and unfair.
 
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solidus12 said:


Fanboys acting like journalists
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DeepEnigma said:
I think the term is shill.
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James Sawyer Ford said:
Lol wut?

You mean two games already running on ps5 hardware that just got oopsied due to an acquisition? That's…asinine
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Ryan, Destin, Jez, Tom. They all bleed together. Say what you want about Jez, though. At least he clearly works for a pro-Microsoft website. The others are employed by publications you would expect to require neutral reporting. At least a requirement to hide obvious bias. Ryan, Destin, and Tom wear that shit like badges of honor. Truthfully, I would have fired them for putting my company's integrity into question. And, no. Destin and Ryan aren't the "Xbox guys" where they work. They have positions that put them in charge of all kinds of content that run through IGN.
 
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