Microsoft / Activision Deal Approval Watch |OT| (MS/ABK close)
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GHG
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Me with my 3060 / 3600
You're not sat there typing highly opinionatied essays about how your hardware is dunking on consoles (despite the reality being very different) so we're good.
Tired of these fakes.
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intbal
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Both of these games had better show up on the BC list before the end of business on Friday. With full X enhancement and FPS Boost.
There is literally nothing left to acquire. Microsoft owns id Software, which created the Wolfenstein property. They own Activision, which published both games. They own Gray Matter Studios, which developed RTCW, and they own Raven Software, which developed Wolfenstein 2009.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Both of these games had better show up on the BC list before the end of business on Friday. With full X enhancement and FPS Boost.
There is literally nothing left to acquire. Microsoft owns id Software, which created the Wolfenstein property. They own Activision, which published both games. They own Gray Matter Studios, which developed RTCW, and they own Raven Software, which developed Wolfenstein 2009.
Hallelujah
S0ULZB0URNE
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Isn't going anywhere any time soon.
4k.
havoc00
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The two companies are aiming to complete their transaction by Tuesday, July 18.
www.cnbc.com
Microsoft and Sony sign deal to keep Activision's Call of Duty on PlayStation
Microsoft and Sony have signed an agreement to keep Activision's best-selling Call of Duty series available on PlayStation, after the conclusion of the deal.
www.cnbc.com
StreetsofBeige
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End of the day it's a win win. Sony keeps COD for 10 years and MS gets something out of it (they get a cut of COD sales). Both companies make money.
And for anyone frightened that a 10 year deal which will go to 2033 is the apocalypse, that's such a long time from now. It's so long ago that 10 years ago PS4 and Xbox One werent even out yet in July 2013. We were all still playing 360 and PS3. So you can take a breath. COD will still be on PS systems for another decade. It'll be on PS5 and PS6. Ok, maybe for PS7 it'll be cut off (and that assumes there isnt an extension).
And for anyone frightened that a 10 year deal which will go to 2033 is the apocalypse, that's such a long time from now. It's so long ago that 10 years ago PS4 and Xbox One werent even out yet in July 2013. We were all still playing 360 and PS3. So you can take a breath. COD will still be on PS systems for another decade. It'll be on PS5 and PS6. Ok, maybe for PS7 it'll be cut off (and that assumes there isnt an extension).
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adamsapple
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100K + people are playing Black Ops right now. Lots of them probably via BC, whoever said BC is a useless feature needs to stand in the corner.
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feynoob
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There you go.
Shadowrun was insanely ahead of its time.
feynoob
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Timberwolf25
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Topher
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Apologize to this man
Why?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
feynoob
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
feynoob
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Nintendo
Kilau
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More publishers so someone can manage the studios that come with it.
feynoob
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StreetsofBeige
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E. All of the above.
Kilau
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Sonic Team and Altus are now CoD sweatshops.I nominate this guy.
Venom Snake
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MarkMe2525
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TLZ
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It's not done yet? I keep reading it's done. When will it be? This feels like it never ends.
Unknown Soldier
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If Sony doesn't do anything for 10 years and just acts like everything is fine and then in 2033 suddenly panics they are already dead.
I suspect Sony won't do nothing, though. They have literally a 10 year runway to figure their shit out. Despite the bleatings of fucking idiots, there isn't any replacement for CoD they or anyone else can pull out of their asses. Even Battlefield and Halo are both dead. There isn't any CoD "competitor" coming soon or ever. So Sony has to think of what they can seize control of to counter a scenario where MS tries to take CoD Xbox exclusive in 2033. Trying to resurrect Killzone, MAG, Resistance, or SOCOM is not the answer and only retards think it is.
As I've said before, the only way to counter losing CoD is gain control of an important publisher or franchise which can be withheld from Xbox if MS goes nuclear in 2033 and forecloses on CoD. There are different ways to go about this. They can try to get EA and seize control of Madden and The Franchise Formerly Known As FIFA. They can try to get T2 and Rockstar and seize control of GTA. If they can't afford to do this on their own, they need to figure out who will acquire them and then do this to protect their new acquisition. The only solution Sony has is Mutually Assured Destruction. They will not survive after 2033 by doing the same shit and pretending they won't lose in CoD in 2033, because there is a 167% chance that they will.
The alternative is to simply plan the sunset of Playstation by 2033. Sony is an enormous media conglomerate. Only 30% of Sony's revenue is from PS, although that represents the lion's share of their profits. If they deleted the whole PS division tomorrow, they would take a huge hit but they wouldn't suddenly go bankrupt. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Aniplex, etc. will still exist and still be profitable in the absence of PS. So the other option is to simply prepare for the shutdown of Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2033.
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feynoob
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Topher
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Nintendo
I was talking to my brother a bit about this stuff today and he said he thought Microsoft one day would buy Nintendo (he said not in our life time, but some day it would happen).
MarkMe2525
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I'm really rooting for the one where Kotick goes to prison for defrauding Activision's investors.
Loxus
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Edit:
Found it back.
This may not mean anything to most of us, but he does has a point.
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LordCBH
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Phil knocking on Satya's door
Satya sittin there with the big "but I just bought you a fucking toy" energy when the door opens.
poppabk
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Err that is really something you have come up with.
Unknown Soldier
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After the acquisition has already completed, FTC would need to prove that the merger is so anti-competitive that the companies should be broken up. This is such a high bar that typically the FTC never pursues any court case if the merger has already completed.
The last time FTC directly pursued a court case against a company for anti-competitive activities instead of pre-acquisition was...
Against Microsoft. The legendary antitrust action over bundling Internet Explorer with Windows to crush Netscape. Which the US Government famously won and it almost resulted in MS being broken up like OG AT&T and Standard Oil back in 1999.
United States v. Microsoft Corp. - Wikipedia
Today it's easy to have 20/20 hindsight and say that MS should indeed have been broken up then. The US Government fucked up really badly by letting MS remain a single company. Today it's the world's 2nd largest corporation by market cap and can just buy entire industries to crush competitors.
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StreetsofBeige
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So assuming MS does cut the cord on COD completely from PS in 2033, the thing for Sony to do is shut down their game division which is their most important division of all?
Wow. I guess that's one strategy to do in 2033.
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feynoob
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Drink the
.They will go for smaller ones. Maybe someone like Sega as a big one.
They won't buy other big ones.
adamsapple
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No, that is still going to happen but FTC cannot prevent MS from closing. They lost the case for the injunction.
Unknown Soldier
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I said that's one alternative and of course it's the worst case scenario.
Sony has lots of options before then, up to and including being acquired by a much bigger company than themselves.
Sony's movie/TV and music divisions have a massive media catalog, someone would want them just for that if nothing else. Any one of Apple, Google, Amazon, Tencent, etc. would all want to have Sony/Columbia/Tri-Star's film and TV catalog, Sony Music/BMG's music catalog, Aniplex's published catalog, part ownership in Kadokawa, and so on and so forth. People don't really know how much media back catalog Sony owns, especially in music. They are a very desirable acquisition target if it comes to that.
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Ginzeen
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They still can pursue their in house court case, but they don't have enough time to finish it. Even with the CMA August 29th deadline. So it's pointless. They failed twice to get their injunction anyway. Time for them to look elsewhere.
Topher
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