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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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Bernoulli

Bernoulli

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mansoor1980 said:
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Bernoulli said:
nothing is stopping them from making an alternative store on android and sideloading is coming to ios in september

they dominate the cloud and want more, shouldn't scream the power of the cloud if you can't deal with consequences

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Don't you think that Nvidia and other cloud providers would complain about the deal if it was really harmful for the cloud market? They didn't because they know it's bullshit.

The cloud market is already established without Activision games and if you think a fast paced fps would be a determining factor in the cloud market you are as clueless as the CMA.
 
Bernoulli

Bernoulli

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Gone said:
Don't you think that Nvidia and other cloud providers would complain about the deal if it was really harmful for the cloud market? They didn't because they know it's bullshit.

The cloud market is already established without Activision games and if you think a fast paced fps would be a determining factor in the cloud market you are as clueless as the CMA.
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just accepting the deal gave those "cloud providers" more exposure and advertising than they ever had, one has 60 followers before getting the deal

Nvidia doesn't care about the cloud because they make their money on hardware and AI, microsoft uses their GPU for AI servers racks, so it's beneficial for both.
not my words it's microsoft that wants to push COD to 150 Millions people with the cloud, that no one will play because of latency
 
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Captiosus said:
It’s been explained time and again why you’re wrong so it’s a waste of time trying to explain it again.

The CMA is smarter than you or I and have literal experts who examined this for months. The only thing that’s “pathetic” is the straw grasping by Xbox fanboys looking for a reason to blame Sony for this when Sony was barely even a factor.

Man this thread has been a goldmine that shows me all the fanboys who I can safely block.
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No, they are not smarter than me or you. They just have too much power that they shouldn't have.

Nobody is blaming Sony now (they did their part of crying in phase 2 and that didn't work). Everyone is blaming the CMA for their illogical reasoning behind that laughable decision.
 
xHunter

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Tal Shiar Agent said:
This basically let's the CMA review any deal of any size.

All thanks to MS bringing massive attention to itself by trying to buy a gigantic publisher.

Talk about hoisted by their own petard.
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Plus the fact that the CMA said even a moderate purchase would lead to the same result, makes me believe that any new acquisition from MS would lead to the same outcome. Seems like acquisition season is finally over.
 
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X-Wing said:
Shittiest thing on all of this is that they are not renewing these licenses to somehow fulfill a legal obligation but to avoid having Russians pirating their software. The reason is purely monetary.
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This is the company that was siding with Ukraine when it needed PR points over a pointless cloud deal :messenger_grinning_sweat:
I understand it's capitalism but the hypocrisy of these people is nauseating.
 
TheGodfather07

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xHunter said:
Plus the fact that the CMA said even a moderate purchase would lead to the same result, makes me believe that any new acquisition from MS would lead to the same outcome. Seems like acquisition season is finally over.
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You mean Microsoft will have to create their own games now, instead of buying ip? Yeah, they're fucked. If there is one thing Microsoft have proven over the last 10 years, its the fact that they can't create for shit. Acquisitions was their only way of competing as nadella himself said.
 
Topher

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Astray said:
Xbox influencers literally reporting news about.. Construction companies leaving the London Stock Exchange.



I swear whoever gives them notes in the big Xbox discord server needs to be sacked, never seen such desperate and obvious shilling.
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lol....now show me article where Kingspan is ceasing operations in UK, Idle Sloth. And think about this: if Microsoft is willing to return to Russia under the current conditions, how in the hell does anyone actually believe Microsoft would abandon UK entirely for fucking activision blizzard alone?
 
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