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[KungFucius]

This was posted yesterday, and may have been covered here, but I can't resist dumping on Khan and crew the more I read about their strategy.

And this is the best hit piece yet:

Game over at the Federal Trade Commission

Game over at the Federal Trade Commission

Concerns over the absence of regulatory guardrails are illustrated by the agency’s challenge to the Microsoft/Activision acquisition.

thehill.com

Written by a Law Professor at USC (you know it's bad when Academia starts turning on Khan the Academic):



Agreed.



Explains the CMA situation, quite frankly.



Great! So now only really, really big companies can play the game and win. Hey, isn't that what you should be fighting against?



Explains the nonsensical bribery, blowjob, and boondoggle posts I've seen in this thread. My God, there are plenty of reasons why someone might not like this deal deal, so why not pick a valid one?

Anyway, good luck with that long game of 4D Chess. Hope you don't outsmart yourself!

There are countless valid reasons why this deal is bad. None of them are legal ones and if they were used to block the deal, they would be unfair in the sense that they are not applied to all deals and do not apply to existing organizations. Consolidation is objectively bad for consumers across every industry as an average but on a case by case basis it is really hard to have a smoking gun to say it is objectively bad and every industry has been consolidating from the point where it became viable because those efficiencies lead to improved affordability and quality. Where can you fairly and consistently draw a line?

 

[adamsapple]

So while we wait for actual news I was just following some info on how AI is coming along and this is one interesting use of it

I raise you

 

[Kenneth Haight]

I raise you

I think no matter where our preferred console or gaming machine is, we can all agree that this right here is why the aliens should take no mercy on us when they discover Earth.

 

[Topher]

Damn feynoob your pal The Tourmaline Gorilla is a bit desperate to get back in here....

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Topher]

 

[splattered]

She looks like she just heard Johnny Cash cover Barbie World

 

[GHG]

So now we wait.

It will be very interesting to see how far Microsoft are willing to go with their proposal, it will be demonstrative in showing how desperate (or not) they are to get this deal to go through.

 

[Topher]

So now we wait.

It will be very interesting to see how far Microsoft are willing to go with their proposal, it will be demonstrative in showing how desperate (or not) they are to get this deal to go through.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around that shit from the CMC the other day.

CMA: We think Microsoft's new proposal has a good chance of addressing our concerns.

Judge: What's in the proposal?

CMA: Fuck if we know

 

[FrankWza]

Damn feynoob your pal The Tourmaline Gorilla is a bit desperate to get back in here....

That asshole made me Google the word tourmaline

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I'm still trying to wrap my head around that shit from the CMC the other day.

CMA: We think Microsoft's new proposal has a good chance of addressing our concerns.

Judge: What's in the proposal?

CMA: Fuck if we know

 

[Solidus_T]

I'm still trying to wrap my head around that shit from the CMC the other day.

CMA: We think Microsoft's new proposal has a good chance of addressing our concerns.

Judge: What's in the proposal?

CMA: Fuck if we know

What of all of the the reports that the CMA and MS have come to an agreement on MS's proposal? What a bunch of shady reporting

 

[Elios83]

If the CMA hasn't even received the final proposal what are they going to tell to the CAT judge as proof that there is reason to pause the appeal?
They should have done so already yesterday?

 

[GHG]

Damn feynoob your pal The Tourmaline Gorilla is a bit desperate to get back in here....

When the urge to shill is too much.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

I raise you

AI is fucking scary man

 

[SportsFan581]

If the CMA hasn't even received the final proposal what are they going to tell to the CAT judge as proof that there is reason to pause the appeal?
They should have done so already yesterday?

Maybe they've already done that. The evidence wouldn't necessarily need to be the final proposal, obviously MS and the CMA have had discussions about what MS is going to try and put forward. They likely think there is a good possibility that the proposed changes could work, but they haven't seen it in writing yet.

 

[Topher]

What of all of the the reports that the CMA and MS have come to an agreement on MS's proposal? What a bunch of shady reporting

The reporting on this, in general, has been shady from the get-go, especially from the gaming media.

If the CMA hasn't even received the final proposal what are they going to tell to the CAT judge as proof that there is reason to pause the appeal?
They should have done so already yesterday?

I don't know this, but I'm starting to think that these lawyers are in the habit of overselling their position in front of a judge. Like the whole "the deal dies tomorrow if we don't get this adjournment" bullshit. Hard to know what is actually truthful and what is hyperbole.

 

[splattered]

The reporting on this, in general, has been shady from the get-go, especially from the gaming media.



I don't know this, but I'm starting to think that these lawyers are in the habit of overselling their position in front of a judge. Like the whole "the deal dies tomorrow if we don't get this adjournment" bullshit. Hard to know what is actually truthful and what is hyperbole.

If lawyers are opening their mouths they are probably lying

 

[Topher]

If lawyers are opening their mouths they are probably lying

 

[Putonahappyface]

That asshole made me Google the word tourmaline

Tourmaline clearly wasn't working for him.

 

[Varteras]

That is not a woman. She identifies as a corpse. Someone is controlling her. We got ourselves another Bernie!

 

[HoofHearted]

so .. isn't there another meeting today with CAT/CMA/MS/ABK happening? is it being streamed?

 

[mayham2199]

so .. isn't there another meeting today with CAT/CMA/MS/ABK happening? is it being streamed?

Don't know if it's an actual meeting but I think the CMA was supposed to submit their proof to the judge today about the changes to the deal that would count as a special reason.

 

[Banjo64]

Damn feynoob your pal The Tourmaline Gorilla is a bit desperate to get back in here....

Must have a performance review coming up.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Now guess with whom Era is aligning with?

 

[DeepEnigma]

You get what you pay for. Get on my level. My shit is free, GHG can't fuck up my rep (anymore than I have), and I see ads with big titty girls. Which has absolutely nothing to do with my browser history.

I got you, fam. Now you get what I pay for.

 

[Varteras]

I got you, fam. Now you get what I pay for.

 

[DeepEnigma]

That asshole made me Google the word tourmaline

 

[Bernoulli]

PLEASE let the microsoft proposal be trash and the CMA to block again

 

[mckmas8808]

I think the GP numbers are gonna be at or above 40 million just by the virtue of Live Gold being turned into Game Pass Core in a few weeks. So that part won't be a problem without needing to account for new sub sign ups in lieu of Starfield and/or Activision.

Ah, good point. Then they should be at or over 50 million GP subs by the end of this generation.

 

[drganon]

Republicans:

Republican members of Congress urge FTC to drop case against Microsoft-Activision

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox

www.gamesindustry.biz

Democrats:

FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting

Merger rules currently stacked in favor of monopolists, critics say.

arstechnica.com

Now guess with whom Era is aligning with?

Era would probably start stanning for the daily stormer if they were in favour of the deal.

 

[draliko]

Tourmaline clearly wasn't working for him.

Then imagine without it

 

[Bernoulli]

Era would probably start stanning for the daily stormer if they were in favour of the deal.

they are already stanning Bobby
it's full of xbox ambassadors i guess they got a 10 years deal too

 

[Putonahappyface]

Then imagine without it

 

[DeepEnigma]

Ah, good point. Then they should be at or over 50 million GP subs by the end of this generation.

I remember when a certain other combined their subs into one naming convention (brand) of tiers which caused their sub numbers to be over that, and it was called "dishonest." That 30+ page thread was a hoot looking back.

 

[FrankWza]

 

[feynoob]

Damn feynoob your pal The Tourmaline Gorilla is a bit desperate to get back in here....

Sorry man, I am still horny from yesterday's match.
My body has yet to recover from those banger goals.

 

[Topher]

Sorry man, I am still horny from yesterday's match.
My body has yet to recover from those banger goals.

Soccer peeps are weird

 

[kvltus lvlzvs]

I remember when a certain other combined their subs into one naming convention (brand) of tiers which caused their sub numbers to be over that, and it was called "dishonest." That 30+ page thread was a hoot looking back.

whats the thread called? Id love to peruse it for kicks

 

[DeepEnigma]

Soccer peeps are weird

I mean,

 

[adamsapple]

Soccer peeps are weird

edit; MOTHERFUCKER. I was going to post the same thing lol

 

[mckmas8808]

Oh sure, except that you said you expect it to have some sort of PS3 revival among other things to set up the narrative where if MS cannot reach it, it will be embarrassing.

I say nah, there's nothing in it for us to follow your narrative no matter the outcome.

Gotcha. I didn't mean PS3 come back in the way it ended up over taking the X360. That was my bad. I meant a revival in the sense that Sony made it very clear that they started off bad, but by the end of the generation, it was 100% obvious that they knew what they were doing and they were in great hands going forward. You could see the confidence in the execs and you could see it also in the numbers too.

 

[Topher]

I mean,

 

[feynoob]

Soccer peeps are weird

"Soccer"

 

[DeepEnigma]

edit; MOTHERFUCKER. I was going to post the same thing lol

 

[Adam_802]

The face of defeat.

 

[feynoob]

edit; MOTHERFUCKER. I was going to post the same thing lol

Thats fucking football right there. None of that pansy ass dick tugging smile for the camera bullshit. Men puke, men poop on the field, men deliver their new born baby on the side lines. Fucking hard core dick in the ass butterball foosball fuck it chuck it game time shit. Take it to the showers. Dicks get shoved in places you don't even remember. We win together we celebrate together. Football is back baby.

 

[aliadiere25]

See, tweets like this are embarrassing.

1. Sony didn't force Square Enix to make Final Fantasy a timed exclusive... they simply bid and Square Enix agreed. Square could have simply said no and moved on with their day, or Microsoft could have matched the bid or bid more.
2. Starfield was never going to be exclusive, it was going to be a timed exclusive. This means it would have been released on other platforms 6 to 12 months later. Yet again, Microsoft could have matched the bid or made a better offer.
3. Every gaming company has done the same thing Sony has for decades, so I have no clue why Sony is getting singled out.
4. Microsoft is literally buying other studios to make them exclusive, which is way worse than what Sony has done. Bethesda was not an exclusive studio before Microsoft bought them, but Phil has just made them an exclusive studio. If it weren't for the money COD gets from Sony, they would have completely shut Sony out of the COD deal. And if Nintendo wasn't as big as they are, they would have completely shut them off.
5. Microsoft is preaching about wanting everyone to play their games, but they're going in the direction of making them exclusive, which potentially shuts out millions of users and forces them to spend a crap load of money to play on their system. And that judge is adamant that this deal is good for gamers.

 

[feynoob]

See, tweets like this are embarrassing.

1. Sony didn't force Square Enix to make Final Fantasy a timed exclusive... they simply bid and Square Enix agreed. Square could have simply said no and moved on with their day, or Microsoft could have matched the bid or bid more.
2. Starfield was never going to be exclusive, it was going to be a timed exclusive. This means it would have been released on other platforms 6 to 12 months later. Yet again, Microsoft could have matched the bid or made a better offer.
3. Every gaming company has done the same thing Sony has for decades, so I have no clue why Sony is getting singled out.
4. Microsoft is literally buying other studios to make them exclusive, which is way worse than what Sony has done. Bethesda was not an exclusive studio before Microsoft bought them, but Phil has just made them an exclusive studio. If it weren't for the money COD gets from Sony, they would have completely shut Sony out of the COD deal. And if Nintendo wasn't as big as they are, they would have completely shut them off.
5. Microsoft is preaching about wanting everyone to play their games, but they're going in the direction of making them exclusive, which potentially shuts out millions of users and forces them to spend a crap load of money to play on their system. And that judge is adamant that this deal is good for gamers.

Why are you wasting your time with Twitter idiots?

 

[Banjo64]

Fucking hard core dick in the ass butterball foosball fuck it chuck it game time shit. Take it to the showers. Dicks get shoved in places you don't even remember.

That's just Arsenal.