FTC sues to Block M$-Activision deal

[Gizmo_Duck]

Fanboy fake lawyers are the worst
Sony controls the majority of the console market that argument is concrete
Microsoft has maybe like a fourth or a third of the market not the majority

Any lawsuit is gonna be hard pressed to argue against the smaller market share holding a monopoly which is why everyone with sense is scoffing at this shyt

Sony is gonna die but not until a decade down the line

Lets ignore that its microsoft buying activision and only focus on one small segment of a major trillion dollar company. I bet when Disney bought Fox regulators weren’t questioning why marvel or Lucas arts shouldn’t be able to buy them

 

[The Mad Titan]

Lets ignore that its microsoft buying activision and only focus on one small segment of a major trillion dollar company. I bet when Disney bought Fox regulators weren’t questioning why marvel or Lucas arts shouldn’t be able to buy them

Disney already owned marvel Lucas at that the time of purchasing fox

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

This is against public interest and for Sony’s interests

 

[winb83]

So the argument is the parent company of Xbox is too big?

The government should look at this on the strength of how it impacts competition in the high end console gaming market.

The reality is Xbox is so far behind in that market that Microsoft could make this purchase, engage in anti-competitive behavior with it and still couldn't gain enough marketshare to damage competition in it.

As for the arguments against Cloud? Nobody else is wholeheartedly investing in that the way Microsoft is. Cloud gaming has proven to be a failure of a business model for stuff like OnLive and recently Stadia.

The people against this A want to protect the status quo, or B don't like big tech getting bigger on the principle.

 

[High quality poster]

Fanboy fake lawyers are the worst
Sony controls the majority of the console market that argument is concrete
Microsoft has maybe like a fourth or a third of the market not the majority

Any lawsuit is gonna be hard pressed to argue against the smaller market share holding a monopoly which is why everyone with sense is scoffing at this shyt

Sony is gonna die but not until a decade down the line

Haha ok

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Disney already owned marvel Lucas at that the time of purchasing fox

Read it again

 

[High quality poster]

Read it again

he can read?

 

[The Mad Titan]

he can read?

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/mi...l-succeed-despite-ftc-legal-reasons-analysis/

But Is the FTC Complaint Any Good?
While the procedural implications of the FTC's complaint are interesting, we should also consider the substance of the complaint. Simply put, the FTC's legal theory is bunk. The FTC's theory is that the Microsoft-Activision merger will harm competition by allowing Microsoft to withhold Activision products from Microsoft's competitors. The problem with that argument is that it vastly overstates Activision's significance in the industry. There is no question that Activision is a major player, but it is by no means a competition-defining company. To the contrary, there is no shortage of competition when it comes to major video games.

In this sense, the complaint reads like it was written by a parent whose knowledge of video games is gleaned exclusively from eavesdropped conversations heard while shuttling kids to soccer practice.

The concerns from the FTC are further diminished by the fact that Microsoft and Activision are not in direct competition with each other, but rather interact with the market at different levels — Microsoft sells consoles, while Activision sells video games. These kinds of non-competitor transactions — economists call them "vertical" transactions — are difficult to challenge and have a long track record of success. Indeed, as Meta explained in a recent court filing, "there has not been a single successful antitrust challenge to a vertical acquisition litigated in 50 years."

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Former chairman (Clinton) weighs in

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

So pathetic the government has to step in to save the weak ass competition out there. Quite pathetic.

FUKK JOE BIDEN

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

 

[Canon]

MS will prob kill half the studios/ franchises involved in this deal within ten years

Ask for more

 

[daze23]

MS will prob kill half the studios/ franchises involved in this deal within ten years

Ask for more

you say that like Activision hasn't already let 90% of their franchises die

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Sony cornering themselves into some shyt they don’t want to do.

They don’t want to invest that kinda money into PS+.

Microsoft wants them to compete with gamepass. If the activision merger results in sony needing to start investing billions on PS+ content then that’s a W for microsoft and gamepass as the future of gaming.

Now sony has no more arguments. You have the game for 10 years and can even put it on PS+, what’s the problem now sony???