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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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Ronin_7

Ronin_7

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StueyDuck said:
We've heard this since 2010 and they've Still yet to enter.

Both Google and Amazon tried streaming and one is dead and the other is dying.

It's just not a good enough argument anymore
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They can still be 3rd party publishers who buy EA or Take Two per example.

It's very possible and I wouldn't rule it out.
 
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Not_A-Cop_Maybe

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Varteras said:
Never, ever trust a company to not find some way out even 5 years later.
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that's why a 10 year deal was given. A deal not common in the industry. 10 years- hardware, tech, software all change.
Also these deals typically get negotiated every year.

Sony has time to both re-negotiate like every player in the industry and or make their own game.

The MS lawyer literally just said these contracts don't even occur- the expectation is that the game will show up- They literally gave them a deal for 10yrs guaranteed. Sony said no.
the FTC's suggestion is that there isnt a financial analysis done- MS is literally saying more people get the product- Nintendo, Nvidias streaming shit, etc all get guaranteed access- How is that anti-competitive.
 
bender

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What time is it?
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Skyrim sold 60M copies due in part to PS3, PS4, PSVR, PS5. The next title from the makers of Skyrim is exclusive to who again?
 
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Unknown Soldier

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Judge is actually hammering this point pretty hard. Why didn't MS bother to do any real financial analysis on what to do with CoD? The answer is presumed: Because the fate of CoD was already determined no matter what. The real question then is that is the planned fate for CoD foreclosure?
 
thicc_girls_are_teh_best

thicc_girls_are_teh_best

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Varteras said:
Really should have been their focus the whole time. Protecting a new market. Not protecting an established one with an already very strong player who would be the one affected and who could fire back with its own deals.
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Exactly. CMA had the foresight to recognize this, that's why their block was based around cloud SLC, not console.

Not to say console SLC concerns aren't valid, especially in the case of recent leaks and truths from Microsoft in their strategy for the acquisitions to use them against PlayStation. But it's much harder to convince people not in-tune with the market to see it the same way.

VAVA Mk2 said:
Stadia is dead and Luna sucks
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Yeah but they're both way more prominent than Boosteroid and some UK cable TV provider when it comes to gaming, and certainly cloud.

Easy to take guesses why Microsoft didn't give them offers.
 
SirKicksalot

SirKicksalot

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CALL OF DUTY IS THE BEST THING SINCE NUTELLA

...WHAT? OF COURSE THEY SHOULD ANALYZE IF IT'S WORTH PORTING IT TO 140 MILLION PLAYERS! IT MIGHT BOMB!
 
Varteras

Varteras

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Not_A-Cop_Maybe said:
that's why a 10 year deal was given. A deal not common in the industry. 10 years- hardware, tech, software all change.
Also these deals typically get negotiated every year.

Sony has time to both re-negotiate like every player in the industry and or make their own game.

The MS lawyer literally just said these contracts don't even occur- the expectation is that the game will show up- They literally gave them a deal for 10yrs guaranteed. Sony said no.
the FTC's suggestion is that there isnt a financial analysis done- MS is literally saying more people get the product- Nintendo, Nvidias streaming shit, etc all get guaranteed access- How is that anti-competitive.
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From what we know, those deals had loopholes that allowed MS to walk pretty much at any point and keep all revenue.
 
GHG

GHG

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It's done.

Everyone join me.

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adamsapple

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
"It's not gonna make any difference in my decision" - judge

well, then let's not keep us waiting and relay your judgment today in either case.
 
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Not_A-Cop_Maybe

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Varteras said:
From what we know, those deals had loopholes that allowed MS to walk pretty much at any point and keep all revenue.
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Like every other publisher?

you think SE puts their shit on Sony first because they like Sony?
They do it because they can make money.

when they put it on another console- they also make money lol.
 
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