DeepEnigma
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They communicate and share with each other all the time, hence the global economy with global companies. This is a big nothing burger either way. This is brain-rot candy for the useful idiots out there.
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Microsoft / Activision deal prevented to protect innovation and choice in cloud gaming
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CuteFaceJay
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Fucking savages. Almost thought this was going to happen seeing as the UK Gov pretty much didn't give a shit about Nvidia buying ARM until ARM clients were like "This would be a risk to national security" LOL
Part of me really wanted to see what would have happened if MS got this deal approved.
Part of me really wanted to see what would have happened if MS got this deal approved.
Shut0wen
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As someone who wanted this desl to go through im glad CMA seen through MS bullshit with cloud gaming, especially since its something thats going to be pretty big in the next 10 years or so and MS didnt want to discuss it because they definitely want to make all there games cloud exclusives
A really poor show with accusations, trying to involve the government and taking an other L.
That tells a lot about how much they believe in their appeal chances and about their true colors as a company that thinks they can do whatever they want and force their way to reach their goals.
Hopefully EU gives them no more chances to prolong this shitshow past May.
Shut0wen
Member
No they can appeal and will more likely will with MS stating activision games wont be blocked from other cloud gaming market places
DenchDeckard
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You know, I heard Jim gave Lina Khan the best night of her life and she then went and serviced the entire CMA with the talents and skills she learnt from big Jimmy. They had nothing that they could do but block the deal....
Lina said if we really need to, both me and Jimmy will come serve all the members of the CMA.....I heard they can't wait!!
Lina said if we really need to, both me and Jimmy will come serve all the members of the CMA.....I heard they can't wait!!
Unknown Soldier
Member
So basically Phil and Satya's own words matter until they don't. Gotcha. At least we know where you stand now
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
At the end of the day, the decade long push of the Power of the Cloud™ has bit them in the arsehole.
IlGialloMondadori
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Exactly. So FTC, who also do not want the deal to happen, advised UK CMA on their findings and thoughts.
AND?
Jerm411
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Nydius
Member
The amount of people on Twitter who sincerely believe Microsoft can simply pack up their UK offices and suddenly have this merger happen with no negative consequences shows there’s quite a few who will believe anything.
DrFigs
Member
It's really neat that there's no shortage of public statements from MS about how they're going to reach billions of new customers via the cloud and that they don't see Sony as a competitor anymore. It would be weird to walk this back and say actually, cloud gaming won't be that big.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
It's fucking twittard. The IQ levels are not its strong suit.
Heisenberg007
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"Lina Khan is unconstitutional." -- Microsoft.
Dr. Samuel Hayden
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Just passing by to post a quality meltdown I found.
In my humble opinion, It certainly now seems that any appeal will have to include arguments as to why the APPELLANT'S own words should be ignored as unreliable. And that is an extremely difficult issue to navigate through. It begs for summary dismissal.So basically Phil and Satya's own words matter until they don't. Gotcha. At least we know where you stand now
Captain Toad
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Strange how cloud gaming isn't important now. But, wasn't Phil just saying how Nintendo and Sony weren't their competition, but the companies more likely to go against them in cloud gaming, like Google or Apple?
He said once it was their #1 focus. They are already the leader in this area without Activision and Call of Duty. But, now none of that is no longer important to the future?
He said once it was their #1 focus. They are already the leader in this area without Activision and Call of Duty. But, now none of that is no longer important to the future?
Topher
Gold Member
Just passing by to post a quality meltdown I found.
Pretending a video game company impacts "national security" is beyond idiotic.
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DeepEnigma
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What a little e-bitch.Just passing by to post a quality meltdown I found.
Jerm411
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I am convincing myself that’s like Colt or Jez’s burner or something lol….Just passing by to post a quality meltdown I found.
DenchDeckard
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Good on ya lass!
What she says make sense, IF cloud gaming becomes the big thing in a generation or so....we will see.
dotnotbot
Member
Just passing by to post a quality meltdown I found.
I like how he's not even pretending anymore. So much negative words like: irresponsible, incompetent, miscarriage, mockery. Using strong words doesn't make your points valid, it just makes you look like a fanboy.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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Glad to see this result. It seems like common sense prevailed.
To me, there was no argument about the anti-competitive nature of this deal. Glad the CMA saw that and had the courage to call it out.
The EU will probably follow suit since they're even less intimidated by MS's bullshit and bravado. They've handed out multimillion-dollar fines to MS in the past for their anti-competitive dealings, so they will have no issues seeing why this deal is fundamentally bad for marketplace competition and ultimately gamers (even if some idiot gamers can't see it).
Lol at Brad Smith and his cronies. Those fuckers are an absolute disgrace, and openly threatening an entire country is tantamount to coercion and that's certainly going to help their case with the EU and FTC ... fucking LOL
To me, there was no argument about the anti-competitive nature of this deal. Glad the CMA saw that and had the courage to call it out.
The EU will probably follow suit since they're even less intimidated by MS's bullshit and bravado. They've handed out multimillion-dollar fines to MS in the past for their anti-competitive dealings, so they will have no issues seeing why this deal is fundamentally bad for marketplace competition and ultimately gamers (even if some idiot gamers can't see it).
Lol at Brad Smith and his cronies. Those fuckers are an absolute disgrace, and openly threatening an entire country is tantamount to coercion and that's certainly going to help their case with the EU and FTC ... fucking LOL
ShaiKhulud1989
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Friendly reminder that this person is basically nobody in the industry and he also paid for Twitter Blue.Just passing by to post a quality meltdown I found.
TheGodfather07
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I don't understand xbox fans... you havent lost anything! Activision games are still on xbox! Or was it that you wanted their games removed from playstation? This is what it's really about isn't it?
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bender
What time is it?
Captain Toad
Banned
Twitter checkmarks now mean less than Metacritic user scores.
Will be interesting to see if MS puts out a formal statement disclaiming any implication this will impact their enterprise / government business relationships. He may be a nobody to them, but they are very in tune with internet chatter, and they know how talking points can spread like wildfire. If they don't get ahead of these implications before people start believing them, it could lead to governments looking for new vendors in more places than UK.Just passing by to post a quality meltdown I found.
Bernoulli
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DeepEnigma
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zomboden
Banned
For me personally it comes down to more value for Game Pass. I don’t even think Bethesda games should have been taken away from PlayStation.
Bragr
Banned
Its about not having to pay 70 bucks for games.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Race to the bottom.
Just wait for a sale or ask MS to make more Game Pass deals, or would that cut into the "profitable for them?"
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DJ12
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CMA is not a government body.
Sunak should've just said only uk tax payers can ask question to the government.
It is isn't it.
What a time to be alive. Nothing funnier than someone or thing being hoisted by their own petard.
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MasterCornholio
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Well you can't exterminate people just because they prefer one platform over another. It's why you have many different fanbases on this forum and that's not necessarily a bad thing. It makes discussions interesting IMO.
But sure some people do go overboard but we have mods that deal with them.
Flutta
Banned
So ”MS can compete” that is. What a pathetic bunch, both MS and their die hard groupies.
legacy24
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they lost the ability to rent the games instead of paying for them full price
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Thirty7ven
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That part is over. MS can’t go back and drop their pants now.
It's just the generation of xbox fans Spencer gave birth to during the past 10 years or so...
Best news ever.
And I say that as a primarily Xbox / GP user. Quality has been going downhill for years now. I'm a grown ass man and feel no need to defend a purchase worth a couple hundred bucks, or a shitty corporate brand. The reality of things is that Xbox is dropping all the balls and have had plenty of time to recoup from all of their horrible decision making. It's time to let them fade into nothingness.
And I say that as a primarily Xbox / GP user. Quality has been going downhill for years now. I'm a grown ass man and feel no need to defend a purchase worth a couple hundred bucks, or a shitty corporate brand. The reality of things is that Xbox is dropping all the balls and have had plenty of time to recoup from all of their horrible decision making. It's time to let them fade into nothingness.
bender
What time is it?
But I want free™ games.
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TrippleA345
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These people would also believe in human-like reptiloids inside the planet, if they were told often enough.
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TheGodfather07
Member
he is only a commentator, not even a law degree
Why is he so invested though? What does he have to gain from Microsoft acquiring Activision?
Then ask Microsoft to get cod or whatever Activision game you want to play on gamepass? They don't need to acquire them to do that. Are you mad at Microsoft because they didn't acquire capcom and you have to pay $70 for resident evil 4? Or pretty much every other big 3rd party game? Pay for it like the rest of us have been doing since the damn industry started.
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Bonfires Down
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That sounds like a rather definitive decision there. Fair enough. Better to err on the side of caution with mergers this big.
Coloress_Kafka
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I didn’t realize the Chief of the CMA was a woman. How long until the conspiracy theory becomes Lina Khan literally used scissors to kill this deal???
TheGodfather07
Member
Why can this trillion dollar corporation only compete by buying up established 3rd party ip and removing access from other platforms? This is what they should really be asking! How many new ip and big budget sequels could Microsoft create with 70b? Why dont they do that and actually make the industry better and more competitive? I Dont understand Microsoft. I really Don't. Even after this, they will try more acquisitions instead of creating their own content.
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Dr_Ifto
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I was talking about what someone else said, saying MS should have bought Asobo Studio.
GHG
Member
I've said it for a long time, cloud is Microsoft's end goal and it goes in tandem with gamepass:
Their intentions are so obvious to anyone paying attention.
Everything they are currently doing is positioning themselves to lock out the entire market before the next transition even happens.
A few of us have talked about this here for years, but people don't want to hear it because it kills their dream where gamepass continues in its current form at its current price forever. I hope everyone is ready for pay per minute/hour cloud streaming in order to get their gaming fix.
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