The UK’s CMA has expressed concern that Microsoft‘s Activision merger could “significantly weaken” PlayStation (Updated with lawyer breakdown)

[MeachTheMonster]

All Microsoft has to do is to agree to keep COD permanent on PlayStation and be released same date and time as on Xbox and I’m sure Sony will be happy with it. They don’t really care who owns COD as long it’s still on their system. But we all know Phil the lying scoundrel has no plans to ever do that shyt.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

And it's going to stay that way as long as Sony moneyhats that shyt, but I'm going to just agree to disagree with you here that it's cool for Sony to spend money to keep FF of Xbox, but Microsoft buying CoD is terrible.

They aren’t just buying CoD they are buying 3 major companies, Activision, Blizzard, and King. A year after buying another major company, Zenimax.

There is no amount of rationalizing that could equate a timed exclusivity deal from sony to the former.

 

[Koba St]

Nonsense. Imagine trusting Phil spencer

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Nonsense. Imagine trusting Phil spencer

Since the jump they been saying the same thing. They just have to present it to the CMA.

Lotta celebrating going on in this thread by people who have no idea what they are celebrating.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Since the jump they been saying the same thing. They just have to present it to the CMA.

Lotta celebrating going on in this thread by people who have no idea what they are celebrating.

A lot of jokes going on

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

They aren’t just buying CoD they are buying 3 major companies, Activision, Blizzard, and King. A year after buying another major company, Zenimax.

There is no amount of rationalizing that could equate a timed exclusivity deal from sony to the former.

But Sony's argument to CMA hinges quite a lot on CoD exclusivity. What you're writing here is a) true, and b) a misrepresentation of what was being talked about. No one here ever argued that the two were similar, including myself. I did argue that Sony making arguments to the CMA about CoD as a third-party exclusive being bad for consumers and then spending money to make FF a third-party exclusive, which is also bad for consumers, is disingenuous. Which is entirely true no matter how many copies of FF Square-Enix might sell on Xbox/Windows.

You gotta actually respond to what was said, breh.

Anyway, ten years isn't enough. Gonna have to make base CoD multiplat forever to get this thing to go through.

 

[SCJoe]

What’s stops Msft from just ignoring the UK? They are damn near all Sony over there anyway and it’s 2023, if console fans want to get cod they can just get a vpn then make a us Xbox account or buy a copy from a us retailer like we used to do with Japan only games.

 

[Rekkapryde]

nikkaZ IS WILD FLAGRANT FOR THIS

 

[Rekkapryde]

What’s stops Msft from just ignoring the UK?

it don't work like that breh.

 

[SCJoe]

it don't work like that breh.

How does it work?

 

[SNG]

And it's going to stay that way as long as Sony moneyhats that shyt, but I'm going to just agree to disagree with you here that it's cool for Sony to spend money to keep FF of Xbox, but Microsoft buying CoD is terrible.

Final Fantasy had 80 percent of sales on PlayStation vs Xbox it’s a no brainer for why it would be exclusive to Playstation. If the sales were close Square would have said fukk off to the moneyhat. If it was even then I would understand your point. They’ve tried final fantasy on Xbox the Xbox nikkaz don’t fukk with those games. Call of duty still sells more on Playstation than Xbox so I see why Sony has an issue.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

.

The CMA is pretty strict and that's why I laugh at some of the takes on the net. It'll probably go through however there will be concessions that MS will have to make.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

What’s stops Msft from just ignoring the UK? They are damn near all Sony over there anyway and it’s 2023, if console fans want to get cod they can just get a vpn then make a us Xbox account or buy a copy from a us retailer like we used to do with Japan only games.

The conditions to merger require china, us, uk, and europe approval

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Analysts see CMA objection to Activision Blizzard acquisition as a sign deal will go through

The UK Competition and Markets Authority today released provisional findings of its investigation into the possible ant…

www.gamesindustry.biz

 

[Rekkapryde]

Not saying they are, but Final Fantasy isn't lunch meat, and I think it's some bullshyt that Sony can pay to keep that shyt off Xbox.

And I know Xbox did the same shyt with Tomb Raider and Square-Enix. My argument isn't really that one company is worse than the other, but that third-party exclusives are some bullshyt in general and that Sony is out here keeping third-party games off Xbox, but crying about the same thing happening in reverse.

Xbrehs didn't buy the last Final Fantasy like that. You go where the money goes.