Sega, IO Interactive, Bungie & more were acquisition targets for Microsoft in 2021 (emails leaked claiming to ‘spend’ Sony out of business)

[MeachTheMonster]

Man M$ got these boys confused.

"There is no financial incentive to make these games exclusive!"

Proceeds to make ZeniMax games exclusive

"A competing and healthy Xbox is great for the industry!"

Proceeds to buy up everything available to become "competitive"

No. You twist words to make up your own dumb ass story instead of responding to what was said

I specifically talked about industry analyst conclusions about Activision games, and how the CMA themselves also concluded there is no competition risk in microsoft owning those IP.

You: Proceeds to talk about zenimax games

And yes anyone who’s actually looked at the numbers and deals proposed thinks the deal will be good for consumers.

Blocking the Microsoft-Activision deal would harm consumers

The tie-up promises new kinds of competition in gaming

www.economist.com

Literally the only people against it at this point is you sony stans on the internet

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

@ posting an article from The Economist like it's a slam dunk.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

@ posting an article from The Economist like it's a slam dunk.

He loves his cac maga news

 

[gurf]

No. You twist words to make up your own dumb ass story instead of responding to what was said

I specifically talked about industry analyst conclusions about Activision games, and how the CMA themselves also concluded there is no competition risk in microsoft owning those IP.

You: Proceeds to talk about zenimax games

And yes anyone who’s actually looked at the numbers and deals proposed thinks the deal will be good for consumers.

http://[URL]https://www.economist.c...icrosoft-activision-deal-would-harm-consumers

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Literally the only people against it at this point is you sony stans on the internet

Did you really post a paywalled article written by 1 man as proof that "everyone agrees with you"

Damn, I don't have a response. You got me

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Did you really post a paywalled article written by 1 man as proof that "everyone agrees with you"

Damn, I don't have a response. You got me

UK drops console concern over Microsoft-Activision deal

Britain's competition regulator said Microsoft's 69-billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard would not harm competition in gaming consoles, removing a major obstacle to the deal.

www.reuters.com

The people tasked with protecting consumers and competition agree with me.

You got @Gizmo_Duck

 

[gurf]

UK drops console concern over Microsoft-Activision deal

Britain's competition regulator said Microsoft's 69-billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard would not harm competition in gaming consoles, removing a major obstacle to the deal.

www.reuters.com

The people tasked with protecting consumers and competition agree with me.

You got @Gizmo_Duck

"Everyone"

 

[PS5 Pro]

I am all in on gamepass, but I think industry consolidation is a dangerous game. We've seen the damage that the big 4 movie studios have done to the entertainment industry, and you don't want that in video games.

It's over saturated (movie) while the gaming industry is providing less and less variety. Gamepass is bringing light to the games the sheep ignore (unless massively hyped by the industry as a whole)

It's why people say Sony only cares about movie games, all other genres are secondary but imo they are just as if not more important

 

[MeachTheMonster]

"Everyone"

Who’s left other than you and gizmo

 

[Insensitive]

Gangstas do Gangsta things.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Before that email I wasn't seeing anything Sony had that was going to sway much, with that I think any possibility of getting it approved is dead

That shows monopolistic practice in plain text. You can say Sony planned for the same with their deals etc but you don't any proof Sony is specifically trying to put MS out of business

Not only is this merger dead imo, acquisitions MS tries to make going forward are going to be potentially flagged. MS has got to be pissed that got out

Also, just to clarify… Its not Sony VS Microsoft in court, its the FTC VS Microsoft. Sony isn’t really fighting in court for anything. Outside of a deposition video from jim ryan

 

[ORDER_66]

Man this is crazy how M$ doing all this spending to bury sony but have all this money and wont CREATE their own games for their own platform
man the future is gonna suck if they're allowed to own all these game studios.... where's the fukking games... they just buying shyt to be petty against sony...

 

[daze23]

none of this "leaked"

these are the exhibits the FTC used in the injunction hearing last week. this week is mostly MS's witnesses, and they'll have their own exhibits. should be fun

 

[YaThreadTrashB!]

Damn @The Mad Titan and @MeachTheMonster in here typing @PS5 sized walls of text

They must be shook

 

[gtj1982]

Different deal with different goals.

You guys try to take one thing out of context to build your own narrative.

If you are gonna use that email of evidence of anything. You gotta use the entire email. He’s clearly not talking about activision or even acquisitions.

He’s talking about moneyhats. And he’s not even saying they WILL do it. He’s saying they COULD do it, and They clearly decided against that strategy when they decided to purchase activison and keep their games multiplat.

Why y’all keep dating games. It’s only COD and that’s only because they think it will help the deal pass. Plus you ignoring the zenimax acquisition where all the games became exclusive.