Microsoft / Activision Deal Leaves Sony Stans in Shambles | M$ Wins Fight Against FTC
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Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
xbrehs gonna spend the rest of the console generation praying this acquisition goes through 
You got like 300 posts about this in the last two weeks.xbrehs gonna spend the rest of the console generation praying this acquisition goes through
It seems you are the one that wants to talk about it the most.
Of course that’s just until it goes through, then you will be in hiding again
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
levitate
I love you, you know.
Still blocked in UK and likely to be blocked in US.
Those EU countries have anemic GDPs and likely took kickbacks from MS.
#SadStatus
Those EU countries have anemic GDPs and likely took kickbacks from MS.
#SadStatus
Bobby Kotick in his office like
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
shyt ain’t gonna make a difference in the UK, it’s not getting over turned 
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
spend another year praying for free diablo brehs
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
I still don't think you guys understand what's going on here.. "cloud gaming" means gamepass.. The "solution" they gave to microsoft was let activision games be on all competitors, forever, always.. Sony included
You think they paid all that money to do that shyt?
In particular, the Commission found that:
- Microsoft would have no incentive to refuse to distribute Activision's games to Sony, which is the leading distributor of console games worldwide, including in the European Economic Area (‘EEA') where there are four Sony PlayStation consoles for every Microsoft Xbox console bought by gamers. Indeed, Microsoft would have strong incentives to continue distributing Activision's games via a device as popular as Sony's PlayStation.
- Even if Microsoft did decide to withdraw Activision's games from the PlayStation, this would not significantly harm competition in the consoles market. Even if Call of Duty is largely played on console, it is less popular in the EEA than in other regions of the world, and is less popular in the EEA within its genre compared to other markets. Therefore, even without being able to offer this specific game, Sony could leverage its size, extensive games catalogue and market position to fend off any attempt to weaken its competitive position.
- Even without this transaction, Activision would not have made its games available for multi-game subscription services, as this would cannibalize sales of individual games. Therefore, the situation for third-party providers of multi-game subscription services would not change after the acquisition of Activision by Microsoft.
- The acquisition would harm competition in the distribution of PC and console games via cloud game streaming services, an innovative market segment that could transform the way many gamers play video games. Despite its potential, cloud game streaming is very limited today. The Commission found that the popularity of Activision's games could promote its growth. Instead, if Microsoft made Activision's games exclusive to its own cloud game streaming service, Game Pass Ultimate, and withheld them from rival cloud game streaming providers, it would reduce competition in the distribution of games via cloud game streaming.
- If Microsoft made Activision's games exclusive to its own cloud game streaming service, Microsoft could also strengthen the position of Windows in the market for PC operating systems. This could be the case, should Microsoft hinder or degrade the streaming of Activision's games on PCs using operating systems other than Windows.
To address the competition concerns identified by the Commission in the market for the distribution of PC and console games via cloud game streaming services, 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.
Who else needs to clear now?
Been listening to those resetera cacs too long,shyt ain’t gonna make a difference in the UK, it’s not getting over turned
Money talks.
Microsoft got all the money.
No way microsoft or the rest of the world let’s little ass U.K. be the boss.
Yes. They said that from the jump.
Would make Zero sense for them to pay all that money just to throw 70% of the possible revenue in the bushes.
If that’s the case they could just give away xbox’s to increase their console market share for 70b