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[Thirty7ven]

LOL. Why recognizing that you are going to be third in the console war is not incompatible with wanting to sell as many consoles as possible and achieve the maximum possible benefits?

Lol?

You are either in it or you aren’t. Being third at the moment doesn’t mean you lost, it means you are losing.

That's not the point tho.
They have put the games on GFN and they'll add more and more in the coming months. Also, CoD is guaranteed to be there because of the binding contract they signed.

It’s not a binding contract, and they only did what they did after regulatory scrutiny.

I do not expect you to understand.

 

[Gone]

That deal also stipulates that Microsoft can back out of it or change the deal. That was revealed earlier today. Not worth the paper it is written on, frankly.

Not with the remedies they offered to the EU..

 

[Kilau]

Don't.
You will be mentally scared.

 

[Topher]

Not with the remedies they offered to the EU..

I'm afraid so

 

[DeepEnigma]

Not with the remedies they offered to the EU..

What remedies were those? The EU has never released the report.

So, list them, you seem well informed.

 

[Calverz]

The MS lawyer so eloquently refuted the FTC lawyers point in mere seconds. Microsoft have fulfilled all contract obligations.

 

[Topher]

The MS lawyer so eloquently refuted the FTC lawyers point in mere seconds. Microsoft have fulfilled all contract obligations.

You sound like you have a crush.

 

[Dane]

Because it's a net neutral for them It's still not worth the paper it's written on and can be used as any type of "good guy" move.


Irrelevant to the conversation.

It is relevant, they were acting on grey zone.

 

[Kilau]

All of this even being discussed at this hearing means MS has won. They won once the scope was changed.

 

[Darsxx82]

Lol?

You are either in it or you aren’t. Being third at the moment doesn’t mean you lost, it means you are losing.

What stupidity. According to you if you are third in sales you should no longer worry about having exclusives and launching your games in the competition ? ..... It is clear that your animosity towards MS leads you to really crazy arguments LOL

 

[Gone]

What remedies were those? The EU has never released the report.

So, list them, you seem well informed.

"Microsoft offered the following comprehensive licensing commitments, with a 10-year duration:

- A free license to consumers in the EEA that would allow them to stream, via any cloud game streaming services of their choice, all current and future Activision Blizzard PC and console games for which they have a license.
- A corresponding free license to cloud game streaming service providers to allow EEA-based gamers to stream any Activision Blizzard's PC and console games."

 

[BosmerCulter]

So, who is winning currently ?

 

[Thirty7ven]

What stupidity. According to you if you are third in sales you should no longer worry about having exclusives and launching your games in the competition ? ..... It is clear that your animosity towards MS leads you to really crazy arguments LOL

Man go read a book, I don’t have to explain to you what every sentence means.

 

[DeepEnigma]

It is relevant, they were acting on grey zone.

It's irrelevant to the now, because they no longer do this.

What is relevant, are BS contracts that are not worth the paper they are written on, and only done to be sly and get the deal approved.

nVidia has nothing to lose. They would love consolidation, they tried with ARM and were denied.

 

[Topher]

"Microsoft offered the following comprehensive licensing commitments, with a 10-year duration:

- A free license to consumers in the EEA that would allow them to stream, via any cloud game streaming services of their choice, all current and future Activision Blizzard PC and console games for which they have a license.
- A corresponding free license to cloud game streaming service providers to allow EEA-based gamers to stream any Activision Blizzard's PC and console games."

Now find the post from earlier describing Microsoft's option to get out of it.

 

[Kilau]

So, who is winning currently ?

Nintendo, the Switch grew in power 10 fold today.

 

[mckmas8808]

But that's not Sarah Bond.

Hey guys MS bought Bethesda and they release PS5 timed exclusives like Deathloop and Ghostwire, how don’t you guys understand the change of heart?

Plus they were contractually obligated to keep those games PS5 timed exclusives. It had nothing to do with MS being nice guys or changing their hearts.

 

[Pelta88]

Does anyone have a link outside of Zoom?

 

[Calverz]

So, who is winning currently ?

We, the gamers

 

[solidus12]

So, who is winning currently ?

People who are entertained by this.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Nintendo, the Switch grew in power 10 fold today.

I could not believe that hack said what he said.

 

[feynoob]

So, who is winning currently ?

No one.
3 more days left to decide the winner.

 

[Dick Jones]

So, who is winning currently ?

Not Matt Booty. He will need to pay for his own travel home.

 

[Darsxx82]

Man go read a book, I don’t have to explain to you what every sentence means.

It is not necessary if they are going to swer of the same degree of stupidity

 

[LordCBH]

I could not believe that hack said what he said.

Not the first time the Booty has spread crap.

 

[Topher]

Not Matt Booty. He will need to pay for his own travel home.

Now we know why Jim Ryan didn't make the trip at all.

 

[FrankWza]

According to you if you are third in sales you should no longer worry about having exclusives and launching your games in the competition ? ..... It is clear that your animosity towards MS leads you to really crazy arguments LOL

It's been this way for 20 years. If they weren't funded by microsoft they'd be out of business a decade ago. That's the whole point and why they're trying to buy the industry. because they can't compete otherwise

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

But that's not Sarah Bond.

it should have been better than Bond....and look where we are.

 

[Calverz]

I could not believe that hack said what he said.

lol what did he say? To get Halo running on switch, would present a technical challenge and lower frame rate and resolution?

 

[feynoob]

Does anyone have a link outside of Zoom?

It's a court case. You won't see outside link aside of the zoom.

 

[Kilau]

I could not believe that hack said what he said.

He's just going off DF impossible port stories. Industry experts say so.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Now we know why Jim Ryan didn't make the trip at all.

Jim Ryan listening to this right now,

 

[solidus12]

Not the first time the Booty has spread crap.

He’s gonna need a BBL.

 

[Topher]

People who are entertained by this.

 

[feynoob]

Now we know why Jim Ryan didn't make the trip at all.

He doesn't want to be near booty at all.

 

[DeepEnigma]

lol what did he say? To get Halo running on switch, would present a technical challenge and lower frame rate and resolution?

He was asked if he thought the Switch was significantly less powerful than the XSX and PS5. His answer,

"I don't believe that to be the case." or something to that effect.

 

[Dick Jones]

Now we know why Jim Ryan didn't make the trip at all.

People generally don't care too much about video evidence so it was the least damaging way to fulfil his obligations. Right call with Booty's arse getting fucked hard sans vaseline.

 

[Elios83]

So, who is winning currently ?

Far too early to tell, FTC is doing a good job with what should have been the weakest part of their case with consoles, Booty was drilled, the fun will be when they start leveraging CMA on cloud.
Also you can make the best argumentations but you need to sway the judge.

 

[Topher]

He was asked if he thought the Switch was significantly less powerful than the XSX and PS5. His answer,

"I don't believe that to be the case." or something to that effect.

Weren't we saying weeks ago that the Nintendo argument was a really stupid one to make?

 

[Ronin_7]

So, who is winning currently ?

Booty.

 

[BoxFresh123]

He doesn't want to be near booty at all.

 

[Calverz]

He was asked if he thought the Switch was significantly less powerful than the XSX and PS5. His answer,

"I don't believe that to be the case." or something to that effect.

"or something to that effect". Come on dude, wait for the transcript.

 

[Topher]

"or something to that effect". Come on dude, wait for the transcript.

So we should ignore your posts gushing over MS's eloquence as well then?

 

[DeepEnigma]

"or something to that effect". Come on dude, wait for the transcript.

Bruh, it's right here,

FTC - So the Switch is radically less powered? [This is them trying to show that PS and Xbox are a separate market]

"I would not agree with that characterization," Booty says.

Now carry the water for this lying hack.

 

[Danwan224]

Jim can change his stance all he wants, he acknowledged publicly that he expects CoD

No he didn't you muppet

 

[adamsapple]

lol what did he say? To get Halo running on switch, would present a technical challenge and lower frame rate and resolution?

Halo already runs well on the weak ass Xbox One, getting it running on Switch sounds like it should be an easy enough thing in thery.

Yes, it is a theory. Because in 2022 MS began its efforts to acquire ABK and being the good guy and doing shit like this fits perfectly with that strategy.

And yes, my take is a theory too. Neither are proof. You are the only one claiming it is and it simply isn't.

Honest question, do you believe or have an inkling that if the deal goes through, MS will yank all those games from PS+ within a matter of weeks ?

I say weeks not years because games tend to rotate from those services annually or bi-annually anyway so they *will* eventually go off anyway.

 

[jm89]

Hines is up, uh oh.

 

[Topher]

Honest question, do you believe or have an inkling that if the deal goes through, MS will yank all those games from PS+ within a matter of weeks ?

I say weeks not years because games tend to rotate from those services annually or bi-annually anyway so they *will* eventually go off anyway.

There is no way for me to know, but it certainly would not surprise me if they did.

 

[DJ12]

Booty got destroyed live LMAO

Dude wasn't ready, these guys live in Court houses, the Xbox heads are just regular people ffs.

Absolute bloodbath bootyBath

Maybe the play is to do so bad and still win thus proving to the FTC that all judges in 'Merica can be brought. Land of the free, home of the corrupt.

2019 "No f-ing way we'll put games on rival services"
2022 : nearly 10 or more games are on rival services

it's not really a theory when there is demonstrable change in effect, but I understand if you don't want to see it that way.

New content, or shit that already existed on the platform before MS brought them, that cost them absolutely nothing, and they get nothing but pure unadulterated profit for for allowing on ps+?

Is this your argument?

 

[MasterCornholio]

There is no lie in court. The general rule is to not get caught.

That's called perjury. Its a criminal offense.