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[dotnotbot]

Over cloud gaming? Really?
What a pathetic response.

Much easier to defend arguments in cloud market space than console market.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

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.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

"150 million more devices" Might as well say 1 billion. What a silly bullshit number.

 

[M1987]

Good,they should make their own games instead of buying studios to get them (I game on both platforms so I'm not a fanboy)

 

[jm89]

Folks. Put on your birthday suits and grab your favourite beverage.

We are in for the greatest meltdown of our time/

 

[Heisenberg007]

Stupid Microsoft still dragging it.

They should let it go and focus on their projects and studios and management.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

UK destroyed because Sony crybabies wouldn't let COD be on Gamepass.


Imo, surprised at the decision, I thought it was a done thing, personally pleased as I hope that Microsoft's ambitions will mean I get something more interesting than COD added to Gamepass.

 

[DForce]

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]

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.

 

[M1987]

It's not over though is it? won't they just appeal it

 

[GHG]

It's not over though is it? won't they just appeal it

 

[HoofHearted]

The Sages / The Oracles / The Seers / The Three-Eyed Ravens of our generation. These 86 Kings and Queens stood where no one dared to stand.

The poll was stilted - they never added an “I don’t give a rats ass” option….

 

[shubik]

Uff that is a major blow for Microsoft. Time to get the popcorn. This will be juicy

 

[harry mason 1989]

 

[Ansphn]

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.

 

[Yoboman]

It's not over though is it? won't they just appeal it

 

[LordCBH]

 

[TheRedRiders]

Common sense has prevailed here in the U.K it seems. I’ll continue to eat my fish and chips, and bangers and mash.

 

[splattered]

Lmaooooo wild! Hahaha

 

[Elios83]

It's not over though is it? won't they just appeal it

It's most likely a loss of time that will only make the breakup fee increase and will block their strategies for an other year in the best case.

 

[jm89]

Lina khan gonna go for the KO

 

[vj27]

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?

 

[RayBoy]

 

[Heisenberg007]

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.

 

[IFireflyl]

 

[GHG]

Lina khan gonna go for the KO

The fact that they leaked to the press that they were going to go over her head won't have helped their case.

 

[M1987]

That last bit wtf has that got to do with whether the deal went through or not

 

[Ansphn]

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.

 

[FrankWza]

That last bit wtf has that got to do with whether the deal went through or not

She tweeted angry

 

[Ar¢tos]

Will Spencer get removed over this?

 

[POKEYCLYDE]

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.

 

[feynoob]

Hail the Queen

 

[MadchesterManc]

Some of the posts in here Sure, Microsoft are gonna cut off one of their largest Xbox markets - pretty much their only foothold in Europe, because they got pump-handle slammed through a table by the CMA

 

[vj27]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Yoboman]

Xbox fans blew their load early. The smart ones among us saw the updated filings as CMA focusing where they had the best chance to win

 

[Thirty7ven]

Pathetic little shits

 

[Varteras]

You know Jim Ryan is laughing his ass off. Probably just called Lulu up. "Hey Lulu! Leak this conversation! Get fucked ya twat"!

 

[Heisenberg007]

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.

 

[Edmund]

Oh my fucking god I am laughing so hard. This is the best outcome just for the sheer entertainment of it all. The boasting of the deal being done without concessions after a seeming 180. Just to have another 180

I'm gonna have to cook steak and asparagus for the Xbox fans here to cheer them up.

 

[Astray]

Will Spencer get removed over this?

If it was his idea, I think that's %100 likely.

They lost a lot of share in the market possibly because they needed to look weak for this to proceed.

 

[IFireflyl]

SenjutsuSage is like:

 

[TheRedRiders]

Lina Khan gonna swoop in for the death blow.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Puts another perspective on what a great get Bungie was for Sony.

 

[Varteras]

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]

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....

 

[Astray]

Also, you have to admire the CMA writers, telling Sony to fuck off, accepting MSFT corrections to their models, then binning the deal regardless.

Impossible to have any accusations of undue process when you literally made multiple mea culpas before issuing the decision.

 

[Varteras]

OMG. Can you imagine the phone call between Kotick and Jim here very soon. How fucking awkward. Jim is gonna grab his nuts and twist so fucking hard after this.