You can't do that because you can't have access to the data, most of it is redacted and MS can't ask CMA to provide the data
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www.reuters.com
CMA ain't scared....
The CMA reiterated its position on Friday, with a spokesperson saying: "We prohibited this deal as we had concerns that it would reduce innovation and choice in the cloud gaming market in the UK. We will defend our position in court."
Microsoft sets out grounds for Activision appeal against UK regulator
Microsoft is challenging Britain's decision to block its $69 billion takeover of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard on the grounds of "fundamental errors" in the assessment of Microsoft's cloud gaming services.
At the end of the day, there's only going to be 6 services at the most when it comes gaming Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Steam, GoG and Epic. It'll be the same way in the cloud. Too many services will crash the gaming industry again. Google can say whatever they want about Microsoft buying Bethesda. Stadia failed because it was cloud only.
Finally, thank you.
The rest of us, who were planning to talk about swimwear models after Florian was banned:And Florian being eliminated is going to improve discussions immensely.
Mods have done a great job with this.
My girl and I just watched Up in Smoke the other night, laughing our asses off.
No, just losers. Hardcore fanboyism is a mental disorder.
Isn't the contract timeline up in July? If shareholders are not confident past that date with a long appeal process, since it will hold up any third party marketing deals and the like going into next year and beyond, it may not make it past July.
Probably at least a year.
The thing I find funny is people act like MS is acting like such a good guy and being generous.... Do you not still have to BUY the game on most if not all those streaming platforms in order to play it.. why the F would MS even care if you have to buy the game first, they get all that sales money
Yeah
I don't think things are being held back because of this acquisition. I think it's just the AAA dev landscape. If things were being held back just for optics, Redfall would have released in a good state. If things were being held back for optics, Pentiment/HiFi Rush would have been held back (even though they weren't AAA, they came out to critical success).
well... ...that sucks even more.
True, but everyone is overanalyzing what's going on and that is related to the acquisition.
This may not completely related to this acquisition, but Google's proof is rubbish. Stadia failed for a huge combination of reasons, but lack of Bethesda support is not enough to shut down an entire platform. Stadia failed to attract enough customers because:
Sony and Microsoft might have strategically kept things closer to the chest during the initial investigation periods, but with the key players now having ruled, I'd imagine there's little to gain from this approach now. So, I don't think Sony is sitting on a treasure trove of announcements and games. I think Sony pivoted their studios to GaaS and we're simply seeing that play out. With game budgets ballooning (God of War Ragnarok had a USD$200m price tag) I imagine Sony is looking at producing more long-tail titles with massive revenue streams, rather than their traditional one-and-done single player affairs. Microsoft, on the other hand, is a bit of an unknown. I don't think the cloud gaming concerns that stalled this acquisition would be addressed by simply not showing their games, so we may finally see their first real next-gen showcase next month. Or not, and we'll just keeping waiting for next year I guess.
The thing is the CMA said that MS would keep CoD off the free tier of Geforce Now even though like you said it doesn't are sense as you would already have to own the game.
Never, we're in groundhog day.
The Pleasure
, you might want to edit/delete your post since Florian posts like that are considered a derail.
Done. Didn't know things devolved this badly.
Just try to remember that this is a soccer thread. I have no idea how so many people ended up off topic.
What caused this? Seemed it was okay a day or two to make fun of the obvious malarkey.It's all super crazy. I don't want people banned/warned for missing that post fromFaust . Today was probably the most wild ride since the CMA blocked the acquisition, seemingly out of left field.
Wow. One day and a legendary post. Microsoft's money trying to get that Activision deal is fucking crazy.
This dude was hilarious.Never, we're in groundhog day.
In fact we are all dead and in purgatory, condemned to repeat the same conversations forever.
Kek what Nvidia has been a Microsoft business partner since the 90s and a hardware partner since MS started their server business decades ago none of that stopped it from trying to stop this merger lmao.
Nvidia has spoken up in support of Microsoft following the recent news that the UK's Competition & Markets Authority is moving to block the sale of Activision Blizzard to the Xbox company.
www.gamespot.com
Nvidia's stance is because of self benefits. Has nothing to do with values or what they think is best for the industry.Nvidia has spoken up in support of Microsoft following the recent news that the UK's Competition & Markets Authority is moving to block the sale of Activision Blizzard to the Xbox company.
Nvidia Stands Up For Microsoft After UK Blocks Activision Merger
"We see this as a benefit to cloud gaming and hope for a positive resolution."
That's a truth that can be applied to all publicly traded companies.
But going by that list, how would any of that be "rubbish" in regards of the CMA(UK) trying to protect the viability of a nascent cloud market for cloud start-ups - primarily - to bring innovation and competition?
the good thing is that CMA knows that
