Due process requires it because in this court, MS are the ones defending themselves from the FTC complaint.
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All truths. But it feels like this deal is indeed going through. The CMA would not be holding all these "talks" if they just planned to kill it outright. COD will remain multiplatform and probably have a cloud parity clause, but it really feels they are merely working out the details at this point.If the CMA blocks the deal is dead regardless, we would see Microsoft announcing withdrawal blaming regulators who couldn't see the amazing benefits of the acquisition and the evil Sony who misguided them
Well, not really; if evidence indicates that Sony is doing exactly the same thing.
It definetly doesn’t feel anything like that, CMA has already clearly stated that they want Microsoft to divest COD or the deal will be blocked.
Well they weren't planning on killing it outright, they offered microsoft structural remedies, which microsoft seem to be having a fit over.
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Then in reality it shouldn't be about the share that Sony majority holds it should be the the fact that Microsoft having to have 2 publishers giving them large size studios compared to Nintendo and Sony. Giving Microsoft major Ips to make it there own exclusive to there own platform and as for Call of Duty Sony won't be making money or be greedy Microsoft that end up with all the sales and profits it's not hard for publisher to say we stick it on this and that
How though? Microsoft deals keep it off of competing services to game pass as well.
Yeah they've already started throwing shade at the CMA.If the CMA blocks the deal is dead regardless, we would see Microsoft announcing withdrawal blaming regulators who couldn't see the amazing benefits of the acquisition and the evil Sony who misguided them
It’s their job to hear arguments and gather evidence from all sides and evaluate it.
The bigger the install base, the less they have to pay for exclusivity, it's simple math and regulators know that, there is nothing illegal about it.
Those 10k were prob the ones that didn't give top marks for that "anonymous" best place to work survey...Eh.....that ain't that impressive when you laid off 10k a month later.
Regulators checking to see if Sony is just as anti competitive
Eh.....that ain't that impressive when you laid off 10k a month later.
Isn't this the real concern? That in the cloud gaming future, MS could use COD to dominate the conversation. No one actually thinks they plan to try to make COD platform exclusive, but rather service exclusive. Could also be a something related to subscription services as well, but I get the sense that Sony and the regulators mostly fear MS potential cloud dominance.
Eh.....that ain't that impressive when you laid off 10k a month later.
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I don't think paying for exclusives, marketing rights or even content is even remotely in the same ball park as buying pushers and all their IPs.
Yes, in commercial terms.
Imagine posting this and not realizing how stupid it is.
Microsoft trying use the old, “See they started it” argument.
They could always bow out and give their blessing to the deal.
You realize MS did the exact same thing in the first years of the ps3/360 gen?
How is it backfiring? This is normal discovery back and forth.
Calling a company "bully" is another way to show you've taken it too personally.
Are they buying 20% of the software market with huge publishers? They don't even need this to figure that out.
I saw a photo of a PS controller saying "nothing is given everything is earned".
Er, sure. I imagine they did. But the market was much more evenly split at that point.
No such thing as underpaying. Negotiations of such deals are made primarily with your market shares the main factor. Prices are set based on what the publisher stands to gain vs what they stand to lose. Its on the platform holder to establish their platform in such a way that they can make such deals. Sony's market share is as a result of its investment in first-party IPs. Something MS could have done too.
