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Microsoft / Activision Deal Approval Watch |OT| (MS/ABK close)

Do you believe the deal will be approved?


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Kvally

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Oh No Fire GIF
 
Now I'm curious what MS/Xbox do with the UK region or what $70billion of moneyhatting/studio investment looks like. Might be a longer term for Xbox but hopefully they go guns blazing from now on.

Pretty weird regulators go after cloud which has Amazon, Google, Azure and a litany of smaller players when a duopoly in mobile is currently far worse. Off to appeals it is, time will tell.

I'll ride my small stock speculation and see what the story is later this year or next year.
 

DForce

NaughtyDog Defense Force
Deal is blocked
And Jim Ryan\ Sony isn't going to take the blame for this.

Amazing.

*Still a very slight chance that they might win this through the appeal.
 

noise36

Member
HAHAHHA competition in cloud gaming??? cloud gaming isnt even a profitable industry. i.e. Its a tiny loss making niche that no one cares about.

Sony laughing all the way the bank, protected from competition by the regulator who doesnt even understand the industry, they can keep gobbling up studios and money hatting exclusive content, winning strategy continues winning.

Thanks CMA!!! I will sleep easy tonight know cloud gaming is safe.
 
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Ansphn

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Curious to see if they just spin off the UK arm and let UK gamers get a worse deal while they run their appeals.

Also curious if they still rush ahead with closing the deal despite the FTC’s complaints, as a few analysts predicted earlier.
Never going to happen unless Microsoft wants the CMA to also clips the wings of their other products they offer in the U.K. Is Activision/Blizzard worth U.K banning Azure cloud, Windows360, and Microsoft Surfaces in the U.K...??I'll let you absorb that and take in that reality.
 
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vj27

Banned
It's not over though is it? won't they just appeal it
They already are bud…

Get prepared for another year of this thread, Microsoft ABK X CMA to infinity and beyond.

Wonder how long that’ll last though, the appeal and stuff that is. Idk if it’s another week or months?
 

Heisenberg007

Gold Journalism
Uff that is a major blow for Microsoft. Time to get the popcorn. This will be juicy
Absolutely. Also, awful timing for Microsoft.
  • April 25 = Microsoft's financial reports - Xbox HW revenue down by 30%.
  • April 26 = Microsoft / ABK acquisition blocked
  • April 28 = Sony's financial reports (new PlayStation records expected)
  • May = Sony's PlayStation Showcase announcement expected in the next 2 weeks.
I'm very excited to see how both companies go about it, however. In the words of Aaron 'the Great' Greenburger.

 

Ansphn

Member
The minecraft spin-offs? What’s that got to do with anything?

Have you see how much Minecraft sells to this day? how much it’s sold since Microsoft bought the IP? The expansion into schools via Education editions, the VR versions…among others? The current MAUs?

You have no clue at all.
Minecraft is dying slowly and Acti/Bliz under Microsoft never became a reality. Still Sony should not trust and put all their eggs into COD anymore. They need to spread out their influence and advertising dollars to several FPS.
 
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POKEYCLYDE

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The CMA's statement kind of shuts down further gaming acquisitions from Microsoft. If you can just state any strengthening of Microsoft's position in cloud should be blocked. Certainly makes things interesting moving forward. Wonder how Microsoft will move forward.
 

vj27

Banned
Deal is blocked
And Jim Ryan\ Sony isn't going to take the blame for this.

Amazing.

*Still a very slight chance that they might win this through the appeal.
Genuinely curious if anyone knows the time frame it’ll take for this appeal to be done with. At this point I just want this to either be blocked or closed lmao this whole thing has been tiring for the gaming community. It’s like the drama never ends. I think the the deal (was supposed) to be closed by like June 28th, is this appeal going to be completed before that?
 

X-Wing

Member
The appeal will just send this back to the CMA that has no reason to reach a different conclusion unless Microsoft implements some serious remedies.
 

Heisenberg007

Gold Journalism
The CMA's statement kind of shuts down further gaming acquisitions from Microsoft. If you can just state any strengthening of Microsoft's position in cloud should be blocked. Certainly makes things interesting moving forward. Wonder how Microsoft will move forward.
Not necessarily. COD is too big and can sway people's decision over which platform and service to use. Not every game would be like this, so they can buy those games/IPs. Like Bethesda wasn't.
 

Heisenberg007

Gold Journalism
The appeal will just send this back to the CMA that has no reason to reach a different conclusion unless Microsoft implements some serious remedies.
Hasn't the time for submitting remedies gone?

The appeal will only ask them to review their decision and whether there were any irregularities. I don't think they can submit new remedies, because the CMA will have to review them from scratch.
 

Varteras

Gold Member
Hasn't the time for submitting remedies gone?

The appeal will only ask them to review their decision and whether there were any irregularities. I don't think they can submit new remedies, because the CMA will have to review them from scratch.
LMAO at your avatar!

And yes. An appeal would only attempt to determine if the CMA acted irrationally. Which is VERY hard to prove. That would almost certainly extend beyond the July deadline for the deal to close.
 

Vroadstar

Member
HAHAHHA competition in cloud gaming??? cloud gaming isnt even a profitable industry. i.e. Its a tiny loss making niche that no one cares about.

Sony laughing all the way the bank, protected from competition by the regulator who doesnt even understand the industry, they can keep gobbling up studios and money hatting exclusive content, winning strategy continues winning.

Thanks CMA!!! I will sleep easy tonight know cloud gaming is safe.
The decision was barely out of the oven, yet here we are....

Anger Rage GIF
 
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