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Microsoft / Activision Deal Approval Watch |OT| (MS/ABK close)
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feynoob
Banned
drganon
Member
The multiple Ted Kaczynski style manifestos aren't convincing you to buy an xbox?
Guy sucks so bad at marketing.
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bentanchorbolt
Banned
I want this deal to go through because I'm selfish. Game Pass getting more robust, even if prices raise, is still a good deal from where I am sitting especially when this deal goes through. Xbox Series X for Game Pass and milti-plats, PS5 for AAA exclusives.
R3claimer117
Member
I agree with your sentiment but he’s not the only one.
feynoob
Banned
Nope If anything, it tells me to run away.
pasterpl
Member
But one blue user here suggested here that it is only ms that is participating in this.
Topher
Identifies as young
Yep. There are plenty of warriors to go around.
feynoob
Banned
Opinion | Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard Acquisition Is Good for Gamers
Far from harming competition, it’ll allow us to compete against more powerful companies through innovation.
www.wsj.com
Pelta88
Member
I don't know who you're referring to. That aside, politicians are basically pay to play via the lobbying system. It doesn't make one company worse than the next. It's a system of corruption that's available to any company willing to "donate."
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Well, I'm a regional manager of a pretty important tech company with clients that include Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Sony, Chase, Apple, the US Government and so many others.
I'm a data encryption contractor for the FBI since Dec 2015 (not the only federal contract I have), I helped design (and I am credited by name with the creation) JP Morgan and Chase's updated (and current as of this date) internal bank and computer network security system/protocols the year they acquired Washington Mutual's banking operations. I was also one of the specialist leads in the nationwide conversion project to update all important platform and teller workstations (as well as servers) at Chase Bank locations all across the United States back in 2008 and 2009. While performing that work, I found, notified, and then offered to fix any and all vulnerabilities I discovered in their systems or networks. They took me up on my offer and paid me very well for it. I get deposits in the high 5 figures (sometimes 6 figures) almost every 2-4 weeks. Not necessarily just for that reason, but one of many reasons.
I consult on and get paid serious money to offer my insight and experience on things most here wouldn't believe. When you play on Xbox Live or PSN you're MOST likely benefitting from my and my team's or company's work in some fashion.
I was personally contracted to help teach, design and then enforce cyber and data security protocols for various elements and individuals of the Democratic Party apparatus including the DNC (Democratic National Committee) from early 2018 (for the 2018 mid-terms) to election year 2020. The primary charge - ensure for the things I and my team had responsibility for that what transpired in 2016 with the Clinton Campaign and other hacked emails regarding the DNC didn't occur in 2018 and 2020. My work was so well regarded that I even received a matching contract to work for the Republican Party also, one I unfortunately couldn't take due to my other work responsibilities getting in the way. I don't agree with their politics, but I'll gladly take their money. I similarly didn't renew my DNC contract for the same reasons, main work always comes first.
Some personal pictures I took in NY the same day I was invited to a march (was a march against gun violence) by the DNC and also to meet with current Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (old dude in blue US Senate sweater) shortly after accepting the DNC contract.
Chuck Schumer is the current Democrat Leader in the US Senate, and the person responsible for bringing up Lina Khan's and the latest FTC commisioner's names for a vote in the US Senate after they're nominated by the President of the United States. He wanted to meet with me and inquire about the work I've been doing on cybersecurity, encryption, and other such things while also trying to hire me for non-political projects. No, I'm not in these pictures. I obviously won't post ones with me actually in them.
When he speaks about the Capital Region of New York and a lot of the jobs in the area around videogame development or that support videogame development on his website, he's almost certainly thinking of people exactly like me and companies like the one I work for.
https://www.schumer.senate.gov/news...gion-level-up-as-leading-tech-and-gaming-hub-
So yea... I'd say I'm MORE than just an expert on some shit. I'm not just some random Xbox fan.
This doesn't make me an expert on mergers and acquisition law, but it does at least make me somewhat qualified to speak on the various factors that are at play with why I don't see the deal being blocked. I also personally know the current Senate Majority Leader and his views on the Microsoft Activision Deal outside of what's been put on the internet. There's a lot more behind my confidence than what I've suggested.
ChuckeRearmed
Member
No lies detectedOpinion | Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard Acquisition Is Good for Gamers
Far from harming competition, it’ll allow us to compete against more powerful companies through innovation.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
He isn't.
He has a stake on this deal, it's why he is super active here these days. If the deal is blocked, he could lose some of his stake money.
Evenadamsapple isn't that active like him.
I've been honest about this. I absolutely have 5 figures in Activision stock currently. But it's not the only reason for my believing the deal is good for workers and good for the industry. I do have professional experience and insight into why.
3liteDragon
Member
An opinion piece by MS’ president saying it’s good for gamers, colour me surprised.Opinion | Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard Acquisition Is Good for Gamers
Far from harming competition, it’ll allow us to compete against more powerful companies through innovation.
feynoob
Banned
Well, I'm a regional manager of a pretty important tech company with clients that include Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Sony, Chase, Apple, the US Government and so many others.
I'm a data encryption contractor for the FBI since Dec 2015 (not the only federal contract I have), I helped design (and I am credited by name with the creation) JP Morgan and Chase's updated (and current as of this date) internal bank and computer network security system/protocols the year they acquired Washington Mutual's banking operations. I was also one of the specialist leads in the nationwide conversion project to update all important platform and teller workstations (as well as servers) at Chase Bank locations all across the United States back in 2008 and 2009. While performing that work, I found, notified, and then offered to fix any and all vulnerabilities I discovered in their systems or networks. They took me up on my offer and paid me very well for it. I get deposits in the high 5 figures (sometimes 6 figures) almost every 2-4 weeks. Not necessarily just for that reason, but one of many reasons.
I consult on and get paid serious money to offer my insight and experience on things most here wouldn't believe. When you play on Xbox Live or PSN you're MOST likely benefitting from my and my team's or company's work in some fashion.
I was personally contracted to help teach, design and then enforce cyber and data security protocols for various elements and individuals of the Democratic Party apparatus including the DNC (Democratic National Committee) from early 2018 (for the 2018 mid-terms) to election year 2020. The primary charge - ensure for the things I and my team had responsibility for that what transpired in 2016 with the Clinton Campaign and other hacked emails regarding the DNC didn't occur in 2018 and 2020. My work was so well regarded that I even received a matching contract to work for the Republican Party also, one I unfortunately couldn't take due to my other work responsibilities getting in the way. I don't agree with their politics, but I'll gladly take their money. I similarly didn't renew my DNC contract for the same reasons, main work always comes first.
Some personal pictures I took in NY the same day I was invited to a march (was a march against gun violence) by the DNC and also to meet with current Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (old dude in blue US Senate sweater) shortly after accepting the DNC contract.
Chuck Schumer is the current Democrat Leader in the US Senate, and the person responsible for bringing up Lina Khan's and the latest FTC commisioner's names for a vote in the US Senate after they're nominated by the President of the United States. He wanted to meet with me and inquire about the work I've been doing on cybersecurity, encryption, and other such things while also trying to hire me for non-political projects. No, I'm not in these pictures. I obviously won't post ones with me actually in them.
When he speaks about the Capital Region of New York and a lot of the jobs in the area around videogame development or that support videogame development on his website, he's almost certainly thinking of people exactly like me and companies like the one I work for.
https://www.schumer.senate.gov/news...gion-level-up-as-leading-tech-and-gaming-hub-
So yea... I'd say I'm MORE than just an expert on some shit. I'm not just some random Xbox fan.
Gz man. That is a big job.
feynoob
Banned
The deal is good for workers, but not for the industry.
No one likes big companies buying everything.
Ezekiel_
Banned
Wow, damage control before getting sued by FTC
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Yea, it's console warrior bullshit because I have spoken on things that you disagree with. Too bad so much information keeps emerging backing up the reasons why I don't see the deal failing. I've long said the politics matter, the party in control of the FTC matters, that unions being this heavily involved and Microsoft having a binding agreement with them matters. President Biden being such a big supporter of unions along with the Democrat party matters. Things like the railroad strike and this public pressure from the CWA Union coming within such close proximity of one another as so many democrat senators are up for re-election in 2024 matters.
If that's console warrior bullshit to you, then it is what it is.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
And we're to take Sony's arguments more seriously than Microsoft's? It's obvious which side is right on this, and the ultimate outcome will prove as much.
splattered
Member
I'm ready for this all to be over but not ready for the yearlong+ bitch fest we're going to have to endure once it goes through
feynoob
Banned
Sorry man. We don't have short ticket here.
You need a time machine for that.
Topher
Identifies as young
SenjutsuSage
Banned
And I bet some will pretend like the CWA President dropping that article the same day as Microsoft President Brad Smith dropping a major article in the Wall Street Journal is purely coincidence? These are carefully coordinated. When some say the CWA is overestimating its importance, it tells me they don't understand the importance of that union, but Microsoft recognizes its importance, and they are counting on the White House and relevant members of congress recognizing it also.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
Just like Michael PachterWell, I'm a regional manager of a pretty important tech company with clients that include Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Sony, Chase, Apple, the US Government and so many others.
I'm a data encryption contractor for the FBI since Dec 2015 (not the only federal contract I have), I helped design (and I am credited by name with the creation) JP Morgan and Chase's updated (and current as of this date) internal bank and computer network security system/protocols the year they acquired Washington Mutual's banking operations. I was also one of the specialist leads in the nationwide conversion project to update all important platform and teller workstations (as well as servers) at Chase Bank locations all across the United States back in 2008 and 2009. While performing that work, I found, notified, and then offered to fix any and all vulnerabilities I discovered in their systems or networks. They took me up on my offer and paid me very well for it. I get deposits in the high 5 figures (sometimes 6 figures) almost every 2-4 weeks. Not necessarily just for that reason, but one of many reasons.
I consult on and get paid serious money to offer my insight and experience on things most here wouldn't believe. When you play on Xbox Live or PSN you're MOST likely benefitting from my and my team's or company's work in some fashion.
I was personally contracted to help teach, design and then enforce cyber and data security protocols for various elements and individuals of the Democratic Party apparatus including the DNC (Democratic National Committee) from early 2018 (for the 2018 mid-terms) to election year 2020. The primary charge - ensure for the things I and my team had responsibility for that what transpired in 2016 with the Clinton Campaign and other hacked emails regarding the DNC didn't occur in 2018 and 2020. My work was so well regarded that I even received a matching contract to work for the Republican Party also, one I unfortunately couldn't take due to my other work responsibilities getting in the way. I don't agree with their politics, but I'll gladly take their money. I similarly didn't renew my DNC contract for the same reasons, main work always comes first.
Some personal pictures I took in NY the same day I was invited to a march (was a march against gun violence) by the DNC and also to meet with current Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (old dude in blue US Senate sweater) shortly after accepting the DNC contract.
Chuck Schumer is the current Democrat Leader in the US Senate, and the person responsible for bringing up Lina Khan's and the latest FTC commisioner's names for a vote in the US Senate after they're nominated by the President of the United States. He wanted to meet with me and inquire about the work I've been doing on cybersecurity, encryption, and other such things while also trying to hire me for non-political projects. No, I'm not in these pictures. I obviously won't post ones with me actually in them.
When he speaks about the Capital Region of New York and a lot of the jobs in the area around videogame development or that support videogame development on his website, he's almost certainly thinking of people exactly like me and companies like the one I work for.
https://www.schumer.senate.gov/news...gion-level-up-as-leading-tech-and-gaming-hub-
So yea... I'd say I'm MORE than just an expert on some shit. I'm not just some random Xbox fan.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Topher
Identifies as young
You don't think Microsoft had anything to do with CWA throwing shade at Sony in their column, do you?
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GhostOfTsu
Banned
That's great that Sony contributes too but those amounts are way too small compared with MS???
Here is Sony paying Democratic politicians. And sending money to the DSCC and DCCC (Democrat Committees for electing Democrats to Congress in Senate and House of Reps)
Guessing you don't follow news? You didn't know companies all across America lobby politicians? The only way you couldn't know this is a thing from every major corporation is if you quite literally never pay attention to any news.
And this is just the on the books stuff.
??? I never said that. I was reacting to the selective outrage.
I'm sure the government will be able to buy a nice cup of coffee with that money Sony gave
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
You don't think Microsoft had anything to do with CWA throwing shade at Sony in their column, do you?
bender
What time is it?
Well, I'm a regional manager of a pretty important tech company with clients that include Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Sony, Chase, Apple, the US Government and so many others.
I'm a data encryption contractor for the FBI since Dec 2015 (not the only federal contract I have), I helped design (and I am credited by name with the creation) JP Morgan and Chase's updated (and current as of this date) internal bank and computer network security system/protocols the year they acquired Washington Mutual's banking operations. I was also one of the specialist leads in the nationwide conversion project to update all important platform and teller workstations (as well as servers) at Chase Bank locations all across the United States back in 2008 and 2009. While performing that work, I found, notified, and then offered to fix any and all vulnerabilities I discovered in their systems or networks. They took me up on my offer and paid me very well for it. I get deposits in the high 5 figures (sometimes 6 figures) almost every 2-4 weeks. Not necessarily just for that reason, but one of many reasons.
I consult on and get paid serious money to offer my insight and experience on things most here wouldn't believe. When you play on Xbox Live or PSN you're MOST likely benefitting from my and my team's or company's work in some fashion.
I was personally contracted to help teach, design and then enforce cyber and data security protocols for various elements and individuals of the Democratic Party apparatus including the DNC (Democratic National Committee) from early 2018 (for the 2018 mid-terms) to election year 2020. The primary charge - ensure for the things I and my team had responsibility for that what transpired in 2016 with the Clinton Campaign and other hacked emails regarding the DNC didn't occur in 2018 and 2020. My work was so well regarded that I even received a matching contract to work for the Republican Party also, one I unfortunately couldn't take due to my other work responsibilities getting in the way. I don't agree with their politics, but I'll gladly take their money. I similarly didn't renew my DNC contract for the same reasons, main work always comes first.
Some personal pictures I took in NY the same day I was invited to a march (was a march against gun violence) by the DNC and also to meet with current Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (old dude in blue US Senate sweater) shortly after accepting the DNC contract.
Chuck Schumer is the current Democrat Leader in the US Senate, and the person responsible for bringing up Lina Khan's and the latest FTC commisioner's names for a vote in the US Senate after they're nominated by the President of the United States. He wanted to meet with me and inquire about the work I've been doing on cybersecurity, encryption, and other such things while also trying to hire me for non-political projects. No, I'm not in these pictures. I obviously won't post ones with me actually in them.
When he speaks about the Capital Region of New York and a lot of the jobs in the area around videogame development or that support videogame development on his website, he's almost certainly thinking of people exactly like me and companies like the one I work for.
https://www.schumer.senate.gov/news...gion-level-up-as-leading-tech-and-gaming-hub-
So yea... I'd say I'm MORE than just an expert on some shit. I'm not just some random Xbox fan.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Well, I'm a regional manager of a pretty important tech company with clients that include Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Sony, Chase, Apple, the US Government and so many others.
I'm a data encryption contractor for the FBI since Dec 2015 (not the only federal contract I have), I helped design (and I am credited by name with the creation) JP Morgan and Chase's updated (and current as of this date) internal bank and computer network security system/protocols the year they acquired Washington Mutual's banking operations. I was also one of the specialist leads in the nationwide conversion project to update all important platform and teller workstations (as well as servers) at Chase Bank locations all across the United States back in 2008 and 2009. While performing that work, I found, notified, and then offered to fix any and all vulnerabilities I discovered in their systems or networks. They took me up on my offer and paid me very well for it. I get deposits in the high 5 figures (sometimes 6 figures) almost every 2-4 weeks. Not necessarily just for that reason, but one of many reasons.
I consult on and get paid serious money to offer my insight and experience on things most here wouldn't believe. When you play on Xbox Live or PSN you're MOST likely benefitting from my and my team's or company's work in some fashion.
I was personally contracted to help teach, design and then enforce cyber and data security protocols for various elements and individuals of the Democratic Party apparatus including the DNC (Democratic National Committee) from early 2018 (for the 2018 mid-terms) to election year 2020. The primary charge - ensure for the things I and my team had responsibility for that what transpired in 2016 with the Clinton Campaign and other hacked emails regarding the DNC didn't occur in 2018 and 2020. My work was so well regarded that I even received a matching contract to work for the Republican Party also, one I unfortunately couldn't take due to my other work responsibilities getting in the way. I don't agree with their politics, but I'll gladly take their money. I similarly didn't renew my DNC contract for the same reasons, main work always comes first.
Some personal pictures I took in NY the same day I was invited to a march (was a march against gun violence) by the DNC and also to meet with current Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (old dude in blue US Senate sweater) shortly after accepting the DNC contract.
Chuck Schumer is the current Democrat Leader in the US Senate, and the person responsible for bringing up Lina Khan's and the latest FTC commisioner's names for a vote in the US Senate after they're nominated by the President of the United States. He wanted to meet with me and inquire about the work I've been doing on cybersecurity, encryption, and other such things while also trying to hire me for non-political projects. No, I'm not in these pictures. I obviously won't post ones with me actually in them.
When he speaks about the Capital Region of New York and a lot of the jobs in the area around videogame development or that support videogame development on his website, he's almost certainly thinking of people exactly like me and companies like the one I work for.
https://www.schumer.senate.gov/news...gion-level-up-as-leading-tech-and-gaming-hub-
So yea... I'd say I'm MORE than just an expert on some shit. I'm not just some random Xbox fan.
Topher
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ChiefDada
Member
Did the president of Microsoft really just take out an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal to convince us that this is great for consumers? And then had the guts to say acquisition = innovation?
Pelta88
Member
SenjutsuSage
All due respect but you don't need to go that far to assert your credentials. We take your word at face value and if someone doesn't, side step their posts. Don't put your livelihood in gafs spotlight to that degree.
Just my two cents of course.
Thirty7ven
Banned
Yo this MS cracker just went out there crying to Wall Street about the FTC?
SenjutsuSage
Banned
You don't think Microsoft had anything to do with CWA throwing shade at Sony in their column, do you?
user idas - he thinks this brings credibility to the NY post article and is a possible reason why Faber of CNBC said the Politico article was wrong.
Lina Khan has a big W gift wrapped for her, if she takes it. They're saying that it's the pressure from Lina Khan's leadership and her commitment to workers' interests that forced Microsoft to the table to make the binding commitments they did for workers. The question is now will Khan take the W? Or fight for more?
https://www.resetera.com/threads/th...n-ot-antitrust-simulator.633344/post-97592071
Those last 3 paragraphs...
Sony, which currently has the largest share of the video game console market, has been one of the few vocal opponents of the merger. It is a stark contrast of interests: If the merger is approved and the labor deal with Microsoft is effectuated, Activision Blizzard workers across the United States fighting sexual harassment and other poor working conditions stand to finally have a voice on the job and a chance to shape working conditions throughout the industry, and gamers will have allies inside a corporation with real protections for speaking out in consumers' interests. If the merger is disapproved, the power relations within the gaming industry for labor stay the same, Sony protects its very profitable position as the industry leader, and consumers will have to wait and see if subscription services mature into a viable gaming option.
FTC chair Lina Khan has been a strong advocate for an antitrust policy that takes workers' interests and fair market functioning into account. Thanks to her leadership and the outreach and interest of the FTC staff, labor is now part of the national antitrust conversation. Approving this merger with the labor agreement that we fashioned with Microsoft to protect collective bargaining rights would send a game-changing message to corporate America that workers do indeed have a seat at the table and their concerns matter and must be addressed.
It's time to seal the deal, not blow it up.
This makes the NY Post article look more credible and maybe this is also why David Faber was saying that the article from Politico wasn't right.
Thirty7ven
Banned
It’s just lingo, basically it means growth, they are selling money out in the open.
Topher
Identifies as young
Faber didn't say Politico was wrong. The NY post article can be credible and Politico can also be correct. Situations can evolve.
Don't know who idas is and don't care.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
He isn't.
He has a stake on this deal, it's why he is super active here these days. If the deal is blocked, he could lose some of his stake money.
Even
I'm like the 12th most prolific poster in this thread lol.
GhostOfTsu
Banned
Yes, the solution to the evil duopoly of Apple and Google is...Microsoft. A company bigger than both of them
SenjutsuSage
Banned
All due respect but you don't need to go that far to assert your credentials. We take your word at face value and if someone doesn't, side step their posts. Don't put your livelihood in gafs spotlight to that degree.
Just my two cents of course.
You're correct. I feel I protected myself, but you're probably correct that much of that was wholly unnecessary. All in all, the developments today from Microsoft and the CWA's coordinated press are interesting.
Another interesting article drop today. This looks like a full court press if I ever saw one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/business/microsoft-activision-game-union.html
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Pretty cool that they're already following through even before the deal's approval.
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feynoob
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Go a head workers.
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