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

Do you believe the deal will be approved?


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Elios83

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Microsoft is being exposed for the constant stream of lies they've been feeding absolutely everybody since these acquisitions started.

Xbox fans:

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Lol pretty much.
These people either live in an alternative reality or have no intellectual honesty.

Microsoft is being exposed brutally, what they did with Bethesda/Zenimax, the lies, the bullshit they wrote in their mails, the clauses of their 10 years deal where they control everything.
Don't know what could have been done more to paint the picture of a lying anticompetitive company in a few hours.
 

NickFire

Member
The FTC has done a good job exposing how much BS certain people spew and proving the risk of foreclosure is legitimate. Think they still have some hills to climb though. Pretty sure I read that the judge made reference to FTC's ability to unwind mergers even if injunction denied, so the difficulty and potential interim harm should be fleshed out. I would want to stress they are currently blocked by CMA yet still trying to close on this. Can show they don't care about regulators all that much and would resist following any future divestment order. Probably a good idea to also hammer home how many consumers could be affected by foreclosure to stress this is protecting US consumers more than Sony.
 

mckmas8808

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This would be like arguing that Guerrilla Games is “kinda small and indieish” because they only release one game every 4-5 years. I’m other words, ludicrous.

You cannot disentangle Epic Games from Unreal Engine. They are one and the same. You cannot argue Epic Games is some small “indieish” company when they are the de facto standard for engines, have basically created an entire subset of gaming via Fortnite, and are out here moneyhatting games away from Steam.

Anyone who calls Epic Games an indie developer deserves the laughter they have directed toward them.

Plus having made a new IP for MS called Gears of War years before Fortnite existed!!!
 

Nonehxc

Member
Pretty much. And I have to say, after listening to the court hearing and going through all the documents provided by the CMA, the EU's transparency is a fucking joke. We've got no clue what went on there.
Approve now. 🥹

FINE THE FUCK OUT OF THEM LATER. 🫡🇪🇺

Why cancel the buy outright when you can fine all their fine asses for every minor transgression and milk the MiCOWsoft..and then make them comply with your regulations after all is said and done and skimmed? 🫠
 

Calverz

Member
Well that was a great day for Microsoft. All three witnesses presented well and answered calmly and confidently. The judge warmed to Sarah Bond in particular. The FTC really trying to hammer the anti competitive nature of the merger and each time they seemed to gather some momentum, it was continually lost.

Roll on tomorrow bros.
 

Gone

Banned
What kind of response is this?

All the other regulators worry about this, hence they are doing their own due diligence, investigations and coming to their own conclusions.

You don't need to worry about me. Learn to read the tea leaves.
All the other regulators who agreed to let the deal go though?

Yeah, only the ones opposing it are right and all others are wrong.

What kind of logic is this?
 

X-Wing

Member
I don't know who the believe.

Era: "Well that was a disaster for the FTC."
GAF: "Well that was a disaster for Microsoft."

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The show surpassed their e3 show by a mile. Get a poll up to see what the most entertaining Summer Games Show 2023 was. My money is on this

Actually, considering all the stuff that came out after the showcase that showed certain things of that showcase weren't true, and that everything that came out today were truths that were kept sealed...

...yeah, I'd have to agree.

Nope. Today was great for them. They spilled the beans like we all wanted.
Never saw a great feat like today with all these secrets.

Hmmm.....NGL we did get a lot of juicy stuff today. And a lot of it was worth waiting for.

I doubt how much of this Microsoft wanted out but it's out of their control now.
 
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