Thirty7ven
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Like the reetards talking shit about the FTC because it’s ideological. The hypocrisy is too much.
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Microsoft / Activision Deal Approval Watch |OT| (MS/ABK close)
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Like the reetards talking shit about the FTC because it’s ideological. The hypocrisy is too much.
ShaiKhulud1989
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I love how pro-Xbox people are suggesting outright systematic goverment corruption and years of horrific rep for MS just to salvage some failed M&A attempt for non-vital business arm of the company.
With all those sporadic moves by Smith and vague interivew from Roberto de Gatto I'm fully convinced that this is will be over around July. Thankfully.
With all those sporadic moves by Smith and vague interivew from Roberto de Gatto I'm fully convinced that this is will be over around July. Thankfully.
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Gamezone
Gold Member
Maybe something the UK should have considered before becoming the saviors of cloud gaming. It was a dumb decision to block the deal. Everyone loses, and it made cloud gaming more restricted. We could have Activision games on GeForce Now and xCloud if it was allowed to go trough. We'll also get the games trough Gamepass, and probably Steam. PC and Xbox gamers should love this.
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Dick Jones
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Redundancies including 2 tickets to Sting
Drell
Member
Yeah we should never discuss any move any member of the GAMAM do. Let them buy everything how they want, or the world is doomed.
PharaoTutAnchAmun
Member
It already happend MC got the double, and urned it!!!So looks like man city will win the treble this year
Jigsaah
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I love Sting...
Ar¢tos
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Your last post in GAF was monday, your last post in this thread was more than 2 weeks ago.
How do the rotations work? Is there an HR department making weekly schedules?
Dick Jones
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Topher
Gold Member
Nah......that's on Microsoft. Blocking this deal shouldn't make anyone in the UK worry about their job leaving the country, but here we are: Microsoft being Microsoft.
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Why would they need to be infinite? What's the point of the response?
X-Wing
Member
Staning for Microsoft's blackmail is low.
Topher
Gold Member
Reiterating the point I already made.
"There will be a point that MS-ABK will have exhausted all their legal options. If the answer is consistently "no" then that's all there is to it."
If you don't get it then you just don't get it.
Gamezone
Gold Member
The world isn't doomed if the deal goes trough as well.
reinking
Gold Member
It doesn't sound like a guy wanting to pull out of the UK to make this deal happen.@reksveks
Is it true that Activision has 12b cash on hands?
Bobby Kotick: Activision Will Be Just Fine If the Microsoft Merger Is Blocked; Company has $12.6 Billion in Cash
Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick says that the company will be fine if the Microsoft merger is blocked as it has $12.6 billion in cash.mp1st.com
If that is true, they can buy Ubisoft.
Kilau
Member
The merger isn’t necessary for any of that to happen.
gothmog
Gold Member
Gaming might be fucked, though.
reinking
Gold Member
Stop with the everyone loses BS. I can play Activision games today and I will be able to play them in the future regardless of the outcome of this deal. The only difference is, I might not be able to play them on my PlayStation if it goes through. If Activision sees an advantage in bringing their game to GeForce or xCloud they will make that deal if this fails. Such a disingenuous take to say "everyone loses" as if this deal is the savior of gaming.
Sanepar
Member
Sony will be fucked. Not gaming.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Topher
Gold Member
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I would love to be a fly on the wall in these meetings, just what is said.
Or they won't be exhausted?Reiterating the point I already made.
"There will be a point that MS-ABK will have exhausted all their legal options. If the answer is consistently "no" then that's all there is to it."
If you don't get it then you just don't get it.
reinking
Gold Member
Can you explain what you mean?
MasterCornholio
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Well if anything positive is said they will definitely use twitter to share it.
That kind of thing.
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Riky
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"This partly stems from renewed pressure from competition authorities, Lund-Yates said, pointing to the UK Competition & Markets Authority's recent intervention in Microsoft Corp's takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc.
The CMA recently said it would block planned Microsoft's planned USD75 billion takeover of the Call of Duty, Candy Crush and World of Warcraft maker over competition concerns, prompting Microsoft to launch an appeal.
The episode was seen to "embody the challenge facing the UK", Lund-Yates said.
"The region is seen by some as a less accommodating place in which to do big business, and this could have implications across UK valuations," she warned."
Probably will point out the impact it's having.
feynoob
Banned
I can grant you that wish.
This is a demo of you being a fly and bothering Phil Spencer.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
So we're back on "cloud gaming is the bee's knees" and a "savior to gaming?"
I hope Amazon buys Activision so everyone on these "enthusiast" boards can unaninously agree that cloud gaming sucks again.
I hope Amazon buys Activision so everyone on these "enthusiast" boards can unaninously agree that cloud gaming sucks again.
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Banjo64
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I’ll save you the bother of wondering.
Brad: this will be good because X, Y, Z
CMA: no it won’t (cites dossier of evidence).
Jeremy Cunt: I understand your POV Brad, and I understand the CMA’s POV. *insert plenty of catch phrases to try and smooth the tension like ‘we want to continue working openly and transparently with Microsoft to ensure a healthy, mutually beneficial relationship moving forwards’*
Topher
Gold Member
He seems to think Microsoft's legal options for getting this deal approved in the UK will never end. He is simply wrong.
feynoob
Banned
The insults that all of us here have to suffer is insane.
We are ready to whore ourselves for those paychecks, yet MS is picking these dudes.
All we want is just 2k a month, and we will work tirelessly like twitter fanbase.
Gone
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I know people will disagree but no agency like the CMA or anyone else should have the power to stop such an acquisition after you got 38 other countries to let it go though.
And on top of that, to use the cloud gaming thing as an excuse is laughable at best and deep down we all know that.
Right now, I just want this thing to be over with (hopefully with the deal going through tho).
We'll see what happens next.
And on top of that, to use the cloud gaming thing as an excuse is laughable at best and deep down we all know that.
Right now, I just want this thing to be over with (hopefully with the deal going through tho).
We'll see what happens next.
Thirty7ven
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So you think the way this should work is by majority? Then just go around and get what you want passed in a bunch of markets that don’t matter at all and you always win? Just big braining it I see.
Why do you hope the deal goes through? So you can save a few bucks every five years when Diablo launches or something?
LordCBH
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So you think one country should be able to police the world's acquisitions? Seems really big braining.
Why wouldn't I want it? The whole console competition thing was thrown out of the window by your beloved acquisition police agency and now you're suddenly concerned about the cloud market?
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Thirty7ven
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MS and ABK identified 4 key regulators. One demanded remedies, two of them are moving to block.
You didn’t answer the questions.
feynoob
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bitbydeath
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*Two countries.
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And the remedies were accepted by one.
The CMA's decision is absurd and refusing the remedies makes it more absurd.
The FTC (the whole Biden administration) is a joke and if it was the only one left the deal would've been closed by now.
I did answer your question, why wouldn't I want it to go through? It benefits me and it doesn't have any effect on the console market (again, proven by the beloved CMA) so that's why I want it to go through.
Gone
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The FTC is a joke and no one cares about them so it shouldn't be counted.
feynoob
Banned
Are you American?
reinking
Gold Member
Some people seem to forget that ABK has a say in all of this. Even if MS is willing to fight it indefinitely, I don't think ABK will. As others have pointed out, they are in a much stronger position now than when they entered this acquisition. They are coming off of a very successful game launch. It will be interesting to see if they agree to a short-term extension but Bobby seems to be coming to terms with moving on.
Gone
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Should I say thankfully no? Or will Microsoft stop sending me money
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Sanepar
Member
The deal will happen. Microsoft has all the power and money to make it happen.
azertydu91
Hard to Kill
Nah he's the guy who knows which countries count legally in a merger and acquisition.He's the guy that instinctively knows that when a contract mention specifically validation from UK and us, they don't matter unlike 30 countries that weren't mentioned in the legally binding contract.That is a special kind of universal knowledge not available to most of us common folks
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Whatever your thoughts are with respect to the bid to buy ABK, it’s kinda absurd to rope in the Minecraft deal as ‘obscene’, especially now you have the benefit of hindsight as to how they’ve managed the IP.
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