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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Topher said:
Not over. Wait until Monday.
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So the holdup with the cma is the cloud right that's it? I'm sure ms has been prepping for months for ways to mitigate this etc the deal is too big for them not to make concessions with the cloud I honestly believe it has a good chance of closing
 
jm89 said:
Yes, CMA literally came out and said they won't be able to make a decision by the 18th, and possibly need all the way to end of august.

I don't understand what else can be done to makes folks understand this clear statement?

CMA doesn't do backhand deals or make a deal and lies to the public they are still investigating.

The sheer idiocy of anyone who suggest that is making my brains cells vapourise. I don't put people on ignore that often, but I started doing that to quite a few people on here to save the rest of my brain cells.
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Is it necessary to insult people who disagree with you?
 
adamsapple said:
They're gonna have to start mixing in some vitamin powder now, their budget got slashed 25%.
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So good to hear. Hope Lena Khan feels embarrassed and ashamed and incompetent and so many other things.

Heard so many people working at the FTC are very unhappy with her horrible leadership.
 
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feynoob said:
dont spoil it for us.
We just want this whole deal to end and never heard of it again.

We want to be free.
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Yeah I keep saying I want off this ride but then something interesting will come along that's a bit entertaining then it just goes back to mud slinging again... I will be glad when this is over regardless of the result.
 
James Sawyer Ford said:
Microsoft could no longer use the "woe is me, we're irrelevant" excuse after purchasing a company of nearly the same size as all of Sony.

A purchase by Microsoft of T2 or EA would receive even more scrutiny since they now have the largest first party in the industry.
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More than is now?

Of the three regulators who could theoretically stop this merger, EU passed with some remedies, CMA blocked and the FTC got rolled over in court..

The FTC is fighting as much as they could, but they failled, the "tough" CMA blocked which should be the end of all this, but no to Microsoft, they put so much pressure on the CMA that they caving.

I think Microsoft could buy Take 2 without much a issue because

EU doesn't care, since Xbox is insignificant in the region

CMA got spooked

and the FTC gonna get rolled over again in court.
 
I think that it's now a no-brainer to extend the merger agreement, even if the CMA doesn't immediately accept whatever MS offers on Monday.

Why settle for 3 billion when you can get much more? Worst case scenario you still get that 3 billion.
 
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gothmog said:
Remember what happened last time everyone pinned their hopes on the CMA.
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To be fair ms knows what it has to do this time and what the expectations are and had months to draft something up I think if they really want this done they will make it happen imo
 
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Astray said:
I think that it's now a no-brainer to extend the merger agreement, even if the CMA doesn't immediately accept whatever MS offers on Monday.

Why settle for 3 billion when you can get much more? Worst case scenario you still get that 3 billion.
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I don't think they have to extend anything. They can just keep moving ahead w/ the CMA process, and ATVI can just choose to not breakup the deal and take the fee.
 
adamsapple said:
I think they're gonna stay out of activisions operations as much as possible.
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I would expect the only direct intervention they will make is take all ABK properties Xbox exclusive, same as with Bethesda. They actually seem to have minimal oversight of Bethesda besides not allowing them to develop for Playstation.
 
splattered said:
Not yet they still have the CMA to work with or .. however much time they feel necessary to announce a deal has been made etc
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I don't think the deal is still alive. i think Kotick is taking the money and has refused an extension, and Monday's CMC at the CAT will be to formally withdraw from the appeal process followed by Microsoft announcing they stopped their merger.

Beating the FTC was just bragging rights IMO.
 
Unknown Soldier said:
I would expect the only direct intervention they will make is take all ABK properties Xbox exclusive, same as with Bethesda. They actually seem to have minimal oversight of Bethesda besides not allowing them to develop for Playstation.
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I really want them to put cod on the ms servers clean up the old cod games
 
havoc00 said:
To be fair ms knows what it has to do this time and what the expectations are and had months to draft something up I think if they really want this done they will make it happen imo
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Yeah MS knows they need to wait until the CMA agrees. If they close before then they risk antagonizing them.
 
PaintTinJr said:
I don't think the deal is still alive. i think Kotick is taking the money and has refused an extension, and Monday's CMC at the CAT will be to formally withdraw from the appeal process followed by Microsoft announcing they stopped their merger.

Beating the FTC was just bragging rights IMO.
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Kottick would be stupid if he does that. Plus he is not in position to walk out. The chairmens(top people) have to approve it.
 
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