The UK will get over it once the drama subsides. Maybe they should have come to the table with better arguments and a more transparent agenda instead…
Microsoft would lose at least 6 billion dollars if the deal doesn’t close.
So it really is an “oh well” if they have to take a smaller penalty.
Well nobody is investing in this game in the first place they’re just money farming with skins etc lol
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So, South Africa approved
Obviously nothing will change by this merger
New heroes, maps, events. They reworked the entire PVP with 5v5. They are definitely investing in the game. It gets similar updates to every other F2P game out there.
Activision is a casino phone game company that leeches off its IP to fund its own agenda or its own IP and bury Blizz IP in the process, Bobby pulled a Vince Mcmahon in short, Hope Activision just changes name all together. I hope Bobby goes on vacation at the Bermuda Triangle or goes on the Trip on Titan to see Titanic.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/21/23768400/microsoft-xbox-series-x-xbox-game-pass-price-increase
Looks like I was right on the money…
Yup, I honestly didn’t see that coming.
That said “Matching PS Plus Prices”.
And also this gives them the capability to easily give assurances that they won’t raise it after the acquisition.
If also doesn’t affect PC Game Pass, or US, or Japan. Which tells me there was probably some regional pricing reductions outside of those regions.
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So does this mean that Jim Ryan is also a “Sony Pony”?
Huh…
Nice, somebody is rebroadcasting. I’ve been on the Zoom meeting this whole time.
It took me a couple of tries to refresh since it kept telling me that the number of participants reached the maximum but I finally managed to get in and just at the right moment too heh…
Things are really starting to heat up and the FTC is making Microsoft SWEAT with these questions…
So the topic was regarding the Microsoft and NVIDIA agreement…
FTC lawyer asked regarding the Microsoft Windows license being required to stream games and their response was evasive…
The answer to the question is that yes you do need a Microsoft license to stream games - obviously since you require a copy of Windows to stream those games out to the end users…
But that’s not the best part…
Get this…
Apparently Microsoft stipulated a line in the agreement that allows them to exit from the agreement at any time if it’s not beneficial to them anymore!
That’s crazy!
Holy hell…
No wonder the CMA were dubious about those agreements…
They were damn right to be…
And no wonder Microsoft was so reluctant to provide the documents about those agreements…
Oh and Microsoft exhibiting controlling behavior of the Nvidia forcing them to do a press release at the time that Microsoft ordered them to as part of the agreement…
Microsoft getting called out BIG TIME on their sneaky and controlling behavior…
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I still honestly think any sort of argument that involves Cloud is pretty dumb, just based on the scope.
Quite literally splitting hairs on a non-issue.
Especially since “BringYourOwnGame” services don’t even sell game licenses. It’s literally just a hardware service.
I’d wager that you are in the minority…
The regulators seem to consider it pretty important…
Not just one regulator and not just two but we’re talking the UK CMA & US FTC & NZ & EU…
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I don’t think the majority has even tried Cloud Gaming, much less knows what it is exactly.
It’s not necessary to try it out to know what it is…
I’m pretty sure +99% of gamers don’t know the concept of BringYourOwnGame versus GamesLibrary when it comes to Cloud Gaming.
You’re talking about a “market” that’s 2x or 3x smaller than VR.
Yes and the major regulators (the people that matter as far as this deal is concerned) all consider it to be a relevant market…
I.e. the professionals who actually investigate competition concerns for a living consider it to be a concern…
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The way I see it. EU doesn’t care.
Austalia and New Zealand are just waiting on sidelines to side with who-ever wins.
And Lina Khan and Sarah Cardell, are looking to break international law on this.
Also the main guy who wrote the CMA argument worked at Cleary Gottlieb for 7 years.
And Sony’s lawyers are Cleary Gottlieb.
To me, the issue is that CMA only started dealing with larger cases 3 years ago after Brexit, and what you got here is most likely a case of “regulatory capture”.
Also, despite all the talk about Sony, I think Google is probably playing a big part in this. But they can’t be that public about it, since they can’t be interpreted as a vulnerable company.