FTC sues to Block M$-Activision deal

[MeachTheMonster]

This will give them an overwhelming advantage in the streaming/cloud space. How is anyone supposed to compete when Microsoft is buying all of the publishers and their back catalogs?

They want to make the "Netflix of Gaming" by buying all of the 3rd party studios. Not through licenes, but outright buying. Imagine if netflix had the money and they just bought up all the content holders instead?

They want to own the platform and all of the content. After that they'll proceed to screw the consumer because there isn't any other options.

#shambles

 

[gurf]

Y’all been shytting on the streaming and cloud space as not being a viable business model.

Now you’re concerned?

“Sony stands “

Sony Babble

Anytime yall don't have a point to stand on. Pivot to nothing.

 

[TripleAgent]

This will give them an overwhelming advantage in the streaming/cloud space. How is anyone supposed to compete when Microsoft is buying all of the publishers and their back catalogs?

They want to make the "Netflix of Gaming" by buying all of the 3rd party studios. Not through licenes, but outright buying. Imagine if netflix had the money and they just bought up all the content holders instead?

They want to own the platform and all of the content. After that they'll proceed to screw the consumer because there isn't any other options.

They'll have the edge on streaming/cloud, Sony will still be 2 or 3 to 1 in consoles with their AAA games they nutured from infancy everyone loves to brag about. Sounds like a levelling of the playing field. If Sony is truly so good, they can "innovate" their way into continued relevance, IF it's truly threatened at all. COD's importance is being absurdly overstated. COD could be exclusive tomorrow, people won't all of a sudden abandon PS5 and go hunting Xboxes. Sony is grasping at straws because their dominance is being chipped away at.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Y’all been shytting on the streaming and cloud space as not being a viable business model.

Now you’re concerned?

“Sony stands “

nikka just said this yesterday

Who wants to stream a game that'll buffer when you internet slips a bit? There's a reason people still buy consoles/pcs.

Now he concerned big bad microsoft gone take over streaming.

Them #Shambles got sony stans out here wildin

 

[gurf]

nikka just said this yesterday

Now he concerned big bad microsoft gone take over streaming.

Them #Shambles got sony stans out here wildin

And? how does that subtract from my previous post?

 

[Leasy]

Microsoft is not stopping Sony from doing 3rd party exclusives perks again. Sony can do that. What is the big deal? Gaming as a service is where the gaming Industry is going. It's Sony fault they behind.

 

[gurf]

Microsoft is not stopping Sony from doing 3rd party exclusives perks again. Sony can do that. What is the big deal? Gaming as a service is where the gaming Industry is going. It's Sony fault they behind.

Do you folks not understand the difference between obtaining an exclusive licence and outright purchasing a publisher/developer?

 

[gurf]

They'll have the edge on streaming/cloud, Sony will still be 2 or 3 to 1 in consoles with their AAA games they nutured from infancy everyone loves to brag about. Sounds like a levelling of the playing field. If Sony is truly so good, they can "innovate" their way into continued relevance, IF it's truly threatened at all. COD's importance is being absurdly overstated. COD could be exclusive tomorrow, people won't all of a sudden abandon PS5 and go hunting Xboxes. Sony is grasping at straws because their dominance is being chipped away at.

It's about more than CoD. I've always said this.

It's about M$ deciding to buy everything they can. Once they own the majority of the gaming space they can do whatever they want. We've seen them do it with Windows/IE

 

[winb83]

None of this has anything to do with the topic. Stay on topic breh. The heck does a company buying out an entire publisher have to do with what various fans online say about unrelated things? Each of those points are also grossly exaggerated and misrepresented but I don't have time to sit down and pick each one apart in this thread.

Them buying that publisher and their IPs of value makes them more relevant. We don’t have to wait a decade for them to build brick by brick.

Y’all constantly say Xbox has no games. If they buy publishers that have IPs gamers care about that’s no longer true.

The bottom line is that. That publisher is looking to sell. They got the money and they’re looking to buy. The shareholders approved the deal. Now unless you can point to an actual legal issue why the #3 console maker can’t purchase a publisher when that would at best get them to #2 what are you really saying?

I don’t understand the argument they buying publishers. They’re buying at the scale they can afford.

 

[Fatboi1]

Them buying that publisher and their IPs of value makes them more relevant. We don’t have to wait a decade for them to build brick by brick.

Y’all constantly say Xbox has no games. If they buy publishers that have IPs gamers care about that’s no longer true.

The bottom line is that. That publisher is looking to sell. They got the money and they’re looking to buy. The shareholders approved the deal. Now unless you can point to an actual legal issue why the #3 console maker can’t purchase a publisher when that would at best get them to #2 what are you really saying?

I don’t understand the argument they buying publishers. They’re buying at the scale they can afford.

 

[gurf]

Them buying that publisher and their IPs of value makes them more relevant. We don’t have to wait a decade for them to build brick by brick.

Y’all constantly say Xbox has no games. If they buy publishers that have IPs gamers care about that’s no longer true.

The bottom line is that. That publisher is looking to sell. They got the money and they’re looking to buy. The shareholders approved the deal. Now unless you can point to an actual legal issue why the #3 console maker can’t purchase a publisher when that would at best get them to #2 what are you really saying?

I don’t understand the argument they buying publishers. They’re buying at the scale they can afford.

We all know M$ is flush with cash. They've already purchased Zenimax, Activision next, but where does it stop?

 

[winb83]

We all know M$ is flush with cash. They've already purchased Zenimax, Activision next, but where does it stop?

This purchase won’t even get them to a position of market leadership so what are you saying? The combined Xbox and Activision is still smaller than PlayStation.

What is the determined size of a company they should be allowed to purchase? What’s your cutoff?

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

 

[gurf]

This purchase won’t even get them to a position of market leadership so what are you saying? The combined Xbox and Activision is still smaller than PlayStation.

What is the determined size of a company they should be allowed to purchase? What’s your cutoff?

That's what I'm asking. 12 developers here, 6 there. When do we say enough?

 

[Methodical]

I wouldn't be surprised MS would pull this crap.