pipsFTC says it will appeal to block Microsoft-Activision deal
darrsil
Vaggumongood luck.
Eggyhead
BarterClubHow many do you think are being paid?
MisterMooGood. A Microsoft victory here will severely damage prospects for other antitrust actions and have a chilling effect on government oversight of mergers, which is already pretty thin.
Fuck the FTC. Iâm tired of this shit. Just let this shit be done so I can get wow included in gamepass. Christ this is the dumbest shit ever.
Monopolies are not good for the consumer
Imagine thinking for even a second in one of the most competitive industries on the planet. That Microsoft is the monopoly threat đ¤Ł.
Yeah the company that saturated schools and hardware manufacturers with its OS and went to court over letting people use the web browser they wanted. Surely the company thatâs currently trying to spin up a new data harvesting program through its âAI powered assistantâ is trustworthy.
Surely they would never again try to make a move to reduce consumer choice in the future.
It works be a bit more convincing is you didnât use a 30 year old issue in an unrelated field. Comparing 90s OS market to the gaming market might win most absurd comparison of the day.
I agree. This is going on way too long.
From what I understand of the merger it seems like it would benefit gamers as a whole. It seems initially the main reason to stop this was to block Microsoft from exclusive rights over Call of Duty, which doesnât seem what Microsoft is intending to do.
Microsoft has even agreed to bring call of duty to Sonyâs Playstation for 10 years, and also to bring call of duty to the Nintendo switch.
Maybe Iâm missing something here, but I really donât see how this would hurt the gaming market, which is what is being argued here.
Microsoft could be lying, or could change their mind in the future.
theguardian.com/âŚ/microsoft-activision-blizzard-dâŚ
According to this article, Microsoft has agreed to sign a legally binding agreement with the FTC.
âMicrosoft has said the deal would benefit gamers and gaming companies alike, and offered to sign a legally binding consent decree with the FTC to provide Call of Duty games to rivals including Sony for a decade.â
Now for the future, that I couldnât tell you what Microsoft would do, but I believe the Microsoft of today is all about bringing these types of services and games to all. I think if they were to end support and only keep call of duty exclusive to Xbox it would actually do more harm to them than good.
That is good news. Thanks for clarifying (and for deservedly shaming me for not reading the article, haha).
Haha no worries! To be fair, my quote is from a different article.
dan1101After seeing how MS is handling Starfield I donât think they need to acquire more big studios. First they took away Playstation support, now they are taking a big payout from AMD to be the official GPU of Starfield, even though AMD has a ~15% market share: âŚsteampowered.com/âŚ/Steam-Hardware-Software-SurveâŚ
And will Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 be any different?
IMO MS has one guy Phil Spencer that talks a good game, but the actions of MS are usually way different.
VictronRight? I donât care that much, but I hate Sonyâs saltiness about the whole thing. Mfs want to be the only guest at the party.
Remember when the government gave a shit about busting monopolies? Thatâd be cool to see happen again.