FTC sues to Block M$-Activision deal

[Canon]

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

I don't disagree with that

 

[FromStLouis]

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

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???

Lol yall say this every week and then they offer another concession

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Lol yall say this every week and then they offer another concession

They said from jump they want COD to grow as big as it can on as many platforms as possible.

These aren’t concessions. This is microsoft putting in writing literally what they want to happen.

Imagine a world where Sony puts up billions to put COD on PS+ day one but still doesn’t put their own games on there.

Like I said theyve now cried themselves into a corner where none of the outcomes are favorable for them.

 

[Bathing Ape]

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

Ask for more

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Sony erred in making this purely about COD. Microsoft is fixated on the mobile stuff. King is the prize. Activision just happens to come with it.

 

[Canon]

Sony erred in making this purely about COD. Microsoft is fixated on the mobile stuff. King is the prize. Activision just happens to come with it.

They can still bring that up when this gets rolling

All this is right now is pr

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Sony erred in making this purely about COD. Microsoft is fixated on the mobile stuff. King is the prize. Activision just happens to come with it.

They are coming for Lina Khans head

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

The Activision-Microsoft Deal Is FTC Chair Khan’s Biggest Target Yet​

Biden antitrust chief Lina Khan is skeptical of big mergers like the deal to buy the maker of Call of Duty—and isn’t afraid to stop them in court.

Khan has drawn criticism from the business world and its supporters. Her Republican commissioners have accused her of withholding information, jettisoning the FTC's prior norms of bipartisanship and collegiality. The US Chamber of Commerce, which has called out the FTC for creating a "black-box environment" for business, sued the agency this summer for failing to make public documents about its voting procedures and communications with international regulators.

House Republicans have indicated they plan to ratchet up scrutiny of Khan after they take control of the chamber in January, with the Judiciary Committee's top GOP member, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, accusing her of pursuing a "radical, anti-free-market agenda."

Agency morale is at an all-time low after years in which the FTC was ranked as among the top places to work in the federal government. Employees have complained about Khan's lack of communication and decisions that move forward without staff input. In an employee survey that took place from May to July of this year, only 44% of the staff reported having a high level of respect for FTC leaders, while 32% said they plan to leave the agency within the year, according to a person who viewed the numbers but wasn't authorized to discuss the survey results because they aren't yet public.

"Our senior leadership takes the results of the survey seriously and is dedicated to creating an agency environment that best facilitates the meaningful work staff do on behalf of the American people," says Elizabeth Wilkins, who's serving as chief of staff on an interim basis.

The Microsoft-Activision complaint shouldn't have come as a surprise, considering it involves digital platforms, the tech industry and vertical integration, all areas Khan has said require heightened scrutiny, says Barry Nigro, an antitrust lawyer at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.

"If they win, it will be a huge win," says Nigro, who was a senior DOJ official involved in the failed AT&T-Time Warner challenge. "If they lose, I think what it means is they are going to take more shots. They are trying to change the law. They may have to file and litigate a number of cases before they start to get traction."

 

[Rekkapryde]

Coli lawyers

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Coli lawyers

Microsoft got all their stans thinking they’re johnny Cochran


If the acquisition does not fit you must acquit

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

"Khan has drawn criticism from the business world and its supporters. Her Republican commissioners have accused her of withholding information, jettisoning the FTC's prior norms of bipartisanship and collegiality. The US Chamber of Commerce..."

"The Chamber is often mistakenly believed to be a government agency, but it is actually a private nonprofit business leagues."

It doesn't take a lot of sense to understand why they're anti-regulation.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

MLex has a new report about the case:

- MS and ABK didn’t expect the lawsuit so soon because there was little engagement from the FTC and the process seemed rushed.

- In fact, the FTC didn’t have to sue now, the speculation being that the timing of the lawsuit was a strategic choice by the FTC in light of the pending reviews in Europe and in the UK, at a critical phase in the process right now.

- It looks like the FTC believes that after the Illumina/Grail case (blocked by the EC), it's easier to get these deals blocked in Europe rather than having to litigate them in the US.

- The report literally says "Did the FTC file suit and accuse Microsoft of lying to the European Commission in order to pressure the commission not to settle this case?"

- The report says that the lawsuit could make more difficult for the European Commission to contemplate accepting remedies at an early stage without filing charges, assuming it wanted to. Therefore, the EC may prefer to wait until the CMA is done and let the process play out in UK before doing anything.

 

[ItWasWritten]

We don’t know what the fukk we talking about - The Thread

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Why is msft constantly getting hit by the gov but they approve monopoly mergers and other bullshyt

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Why is msft constantly getting hit by the gov but they approve monopoly mergers and other bullshyt