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Microsoft / Activision deal prevented to protect innovation and choice in cloud gaming

lh032

I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
Yet Sony can go on studio spending sprees
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REE in shellshock right now :messenger_grinning_squinting: The Ree mods that bought Act/Blizz shares are in bits.

This begs the question, which publisher will they go after now?

Surely it’s EA or Take 2.

1. They'll make a further dumb decision by not immediately abandoning this acquisition and try a doomed appeal (don't forget the EC and FTC each can kill it on their own too). This will drag this process out for several more months
2. Any attempts at large takeover's on the scale you mentioned would meet the exact same fate.
 

GHG

Member
Literally no MS fan has said cloud gaming is the future. Even as an Xbox fan, gamepass is great but no one actually streams the games.

When you talk about shifting the argument, it's projection

Just yesterday:

MS second best Q3 results. Hardware down due to series x constraints since they are building their cloud infrastructure more and more.

Just like the CD, DVD, Blu ray, and now cable box consoles are a dying platform.

Holla at your boy.
 

F0rneus

Tears in the rain
This begs the question, which publisher will they go after now?

Surely it’s EA or Take 2.
They will get CMA'ed again if they try lol. And as far as I know the CMA has never reversed a decision except for a couple cases.

Anyway, MS all you need to do now is work on making your games better and bring back classics from your catalogue. You have Viva Pinata right there. State of Decay, Killer Instinct (the last one was perfect IMO), Crackdown. Why did Halo and Crackdown fell on their faces? Cause they were terrible! Make. Good. Games. And make sure that Perfect Dark is on point!
 

zomboden

Banned
I guess the CMA saw through their stupid deals about COD on switch, lol. MS would be foolish to waste one more second on this acquisition, just walk away. This shit happens, sometimes you win sometimes you lose.
Yep. Definitely just pay the 2.5Bil and drop out of this deal. No sense in sucking up time, and resources for the next year or two. Would slow momentum of the brand down even more than it already is.

Just focus on something else. Buy somebody else(smaller), expand studios, do something else.
Buy exclusivity third party deals, etc, etc.
 
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Clearly a ton of fanboys here that didn't want it to go through because it wasn't their platform of choice.

The decision is quite baffling tbh, based on their ACTUAL written reasoning (cloud gaming). The deal not going ahead means the game is not available for cloud streaming at all, whereas if it did go through it would be available on all browsers, Xbox, playstation, mobile and just about every other.

So instead of it being on the most widely available platforms for cloud. It's now on none. It honestly seems like CMA don't really understand what they are regulating here.
 

TrebleShot

Member
It’s an intelligent move by the CMA If you read the reasoning.
They are essentially trying to protect the competition before the market explodes in cloud gaming.

It’s coming, of course people arent happy on here about cloud gaming but once it sets off and gets going we certainly do not want MS dictating how that will go the same for any large corporation.

This isn’t about the IP itself but the ability to set off a new industry where no one can provide a viable alt.

Impressive if it’s been thought through and it seemingly has.
Sony getting COD has nothing to do with this ruling.
 
Clearly a ton of fanboys here that didn't want it to go through because it wasn't their platform of choice.

The decision is quite baffling tbh, based on their ACTUAL written reasoning (cloud gaming). The deal not going ahead means the game is not available for cloud streaming at all, whereas if it did go through it would be available on all browsers, Xbox, playstation, mobile and just about every other.

So instead of it being on the most widely available platforms for cloud. It's now on none. It honestly seems like CMA don't really understand what they are regulating here.

Funny like until yesterday CMA was an expert in the field...

Now that they blocked it, they are incompetent again...

AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
 

diffusionx

Gold Member
Clearly a ton of fanboys here that didn't want it to go through because it wasn't their platform of choice.

The decision is quite baffling tbh, based on their ACTUAL written reasoning (cloud gaming). The deal not going ahead means the game is not available for cloud streaming at all, whereas if it did go through it would be available on all browsers, Xbox, playstation, mobile and just about every other.

So instead of it being on the most widely available platforms for cloud. It's now on none. It honestly seems like CMA don't really understand what they are regulating here.
it's not about one game or another game. It's about control of the entire market. If MS is essentially allowed to hoard every popular game then nobody else ever has a chance of breaking in.

I personally think cloud gaming is stupid and will never be a thing, but you know, the Xbox fans keep claiming it's the future...
 

TrebleShot

Member
Clearly a ton of fanboys here that didn't want it to go through because it wasn't their platform of choice.

The decision is quite baffling tbh, based on their ACTUAL written reasoning (cloud gaming). The deal not going ahead means the game is not available for cloud streaming at all, whereas if it did go through it would be available on all browsers, Xbox, playstation, mobile and just about every other.

So instead of it being on the most widely available platforms for cloud. It's now on none. It honestly seems like CMA don't really understand what they are regulating here.
*Only available if you buy their subscription service - thats the issue.
 

zomboden

Banned
Clearly a ton of fanboys here that didn't want it to go through because it wasn't their platform of choice.

The decision is quite baffling tbh, based on their ACTUAL written reasoning (cloud gaming). The deal not going ahead means the game is not available for cloud streaming at all, whereas if it did go through it would be available on all browsers, Xbox, playstation, mobile and just about every other.

So instead of it being on the most widely available platforms for cloud. It's now on none. It honestly seems like CMA don't really understand what they are regulating here.
All ABK/Xbox games were going to be available on Geforce Now. CoD, maybe even World of Warcraft. Activision isn't interested in cloud gaming so now none of their games will be on cloud devices. Literally making decisions for the worst. Xbox wanted to push cloud gaming. Activision didn't. They were going to make Activision put their games on Xcloud and other cloud services. Now it's not happening. Good job guys!
 

DForce

NaughtyDog Defense Force
Clearly a ton of fanboys here that didn't want it to go through because it wasn't their platform of choice.

The decision is quite baffling tbh, based on their ACTUAL written reasoning (cloud gaming). The deal not going ahead means the game is not available for cloud streaming at all, whereas if it did go through it would be available on all browsers, Xbox, playstation, mobile and just about every other.

So instead of it being on the most widely available platforms for cloud. It's now on none. It honestly seems like CMA don't really understand what they are regulating here.

The deal getting blocked benefits gamers in general.

Why do Xbox fans want this deal to go through? Because it's going to be on Game Pass? No, the fanboys simply wanted bragging rights.

I said from the beginning that I don't want either Sony or Microsoft going after major publishers. Keep the major publishers third party. Microsoft doesn't need Acitivison to compete, they need better management.
 

LiquidMetal14

hide your water-based mammals
The deal getting blocked benefits gamers in general.

Why do Xbox fans want this deal to go through? Because it's going to be on Game Pass? No, the fanboys simply wanted bragging rights.

I said from the beginning that I don't want either Sony or Microsoft going after major publishers. Keep the major publishers third party. Microsoft doesn't need Acitivison to compete, they need better management.
I agree with that and the tits on your avatar GOD BLESS THE JEWNITED STATE TONY MONTANA EDITION
 

BadBurger

Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
It’s an intelligent move by the CMA If you read the reasoning.
They are essentially trying to protect the competition before the market explodes in cloud gaming.

It’s coming, of course people arent happy on here about cloud gaming but once it sets off and gets going we certainly do not want MS dictating how that will go the same for any large corporation.

This isn’t about the IP itself but the ability to set off a new industry where no one can provide a viable alt.

Impressive if it’s been thought through and it seemingly has.
Sony getting COD has nothing to do with this ruling.

Especially since Xbox would partially find themselves in such a position merely because their parent company had the money to acquire the largest, most successful third party studios.

I've barely been following this entire story, but reading the CMA's decision I found it hard to disagree with them.
 
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