"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
Truly the darkest hour since the Battle of Britain.
Um... Microsoft successfully acquired Zenimax/Bethesda who has a portfolio of IP + studios under them. They had no issues closing that.. some of you act like that did not happen at all.
That was already stated and it was blocked.
Getting games on gamepass should be cheaper than getting console exclusivity.
No, Microsoft is trying to make profits like every corporation including Sony and Nintendo. That's all.
Why pay anything at all? With that attitude you should be asking yourself deeper questions...
in addition to Sony and Microsoft there is also Nintendo as well as PC and various other players. if Microsoft disappeared tomorrow there are enough interested players that competition isn't in any kind of danger of going away. video games are very profitable, and they've been that way for longer than Microsoft has existed for (re: Periscope, circa 1965, while Microsoft was founded in 1975!)
"Their intentions are obvious".
Exactly, they offer me the best deal in gaming, a small price for a tremendous value. The most significant and gracious consumer-friendly move since Steam, that have saved me tons of money.Damn, Microsoft really loves me and cares for me, doesn't it?
Which is great, but that best deal in gaming will evaporate in an instant if they become market leader or can otherwise exert anticompetitive pressure—i.e. this deal. Be careful what you wish for.
People really need to be reminded about Netflix' initial pricing and sharing options and where we are now.
I find it interesting that since the announcement yesterday, there already seems to be a “new” talking point taking form on Twitter, YouTube and forums. Which is that the ABK acquisition was never all so beneficial for the core Xbox audience and that Microsoft should have gone for smaller studio acquisitions like Asobo and Certain Affinity or struck a deal with Square Enix to get Crystal Dynamics and Eidos + their IP’s instead of wasting over a year on this.
I think someone with a Fallout avatar (maybeCatLady ) on here already suggested something like this multiple times.
Nope, it never did but it drove engagement
When a company is woke its only to sell more shit. Like changing the Twitter profile to the rainbow in June for LGBT yet never doing anything from July to the following May. All corporations are evil...
Hopefully the ones disappointed with the deal falling through will realise they lost zero games from ABK.
It’s mental.
Indeed. I worked at Gateway Computer in corporate IT from 1997 to 2003 when the plant closed, and I remember the days of arrogant Microsoft.
Is Lina any relation to Shao Khan?
really impressed with lord jim ryan , what a turnaround
Does he have Tourette? Not making fun of people who suffer from it but he cannot play the pity card and the “we are too good for you and we will f-you-up if you try to suggest we are the bullies, you and that shower of bast%*ds you call UK citizen” one at the same time.
approved by midnight.
www.bloomberg.com
It goes deeper than you know
Try Epic. They literally offer you free games every week if that's what you're into -- instead of taking $15 p/m from you just for renting games. Epic games are also yours to own forever.
Microsoft Xbox Chief Seeks to Reassure Game Staff on Activision
Microsoft Corp. executives sought to reassure workers in the Xbox gaming unit that there’s a way forward for the approval of the company’s planned $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc., while emphasizing that its success in gaming isn’t solely dependent on the deal.
The acquisition was vetoed Wednesday by the UK’s antitrust watchdog, a potentially fatal blow for the industry’s biggest-ever deal. At an all-hands meeting for division employees Thursday morning, Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer acknowledged the company’s disappointment, saying the UK’s decision will slow the approval process, according to a person who attended the meeting. Still, he said Microsoft’s desire to pursue the deal hasn’t wavered, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing an internal event.
Spencer told staffers that Microsoft President Brad Smith was up at 2 a.m. Seattle time Wednesday drafting a response to the UK Competition and Markets Authority. He said Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood, who oversees acquisitions, held a senior leadership meeting the same day.
The Xbox chief said the acquisition was intended to speed up Microsoft’s gaming plans, but doesn’t represent the entirety of the company’s gaming strategy, which would move ahead even without Activision, the person said.
The CMA said concerns about the deal couldn’t be solved by remedies such as the sale of blockbuster title Call of Duty or other solutions involving promises to permit rivals to offer the game on their platforms, according to a statement Wednesday. Microsoft said it will appeal the decision.
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft had no immediate comment on the internal meeting.
Microsoft Xbox Chief Seeks to Reassure Game Staff on Activision
Microsoft Corp. executives sought to reassure workers in the Xbox gaming unit that there’s a way forward for the approval of the company’s planned $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc., while emphasizing that its success in gaming isn’t solely dependent on the deal.
So what are they appealing for? 
You get your one chance to hoodwink the regulators, and MS shot their bolt with Bethesda "We have no incentive to stop making games for PlayStation"
If I'm an MS employee I worried about the furver of the response, considering the UK is xbox's only other market and they are even getting an ass whooping on home turf now.Wait, so is Phil Spencer saying that they can compete without Activision?
I do my Microsoft Rewards points searches and daily stuff for about 5 min every morning and I don't even pay $15 a month for GPU. I pay $0 a month. Now, I don't know what they gain from me doing Microsoft Rewards but I earn enough to get GPU to the point where it never runs out. Until they raise the price or lower the points you get, that is. But I've been doing it for years now.
