BREAKING NEWS: UK regulator suggests removing Call of Duty from Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition (TLHBFR!!!)

[FIREPOWER 710]

 

 

 Ghostz is probably on suicide watch right now!

 

 Since MS said the deal is about King and cellphone games the CMA has called their bluff and is suggesting they remove COD or Activision altogether from the deal. They want the remedy to the deal to be a structural change instead of a signed agreement as that will be too tough to enforce realistically. MS has until the 22nd of this month to respond. They can either address the CMA's concerns or forfeit the deal. CMA isn't like the FTC where you get to fight in court. You either accept their terms or do an appeal that will still fall back on them for the final decision. Either way you're fucked if you decide to go against their findings. This explains the PR storm we witnessed yesterday with Bobby Kotick and Satya Nadella making the rounds on the news networks. They knew they were both fucked 

 

 Let's see how much COD is important to MS. They can drop COD and the deal will go through or they can forfeit and say goodbye to the entire deal!

 

TLHBFR!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

After a five-month investigation, the UK regulator has provisionally found that the deal could reduce competition and “result in higher prices, fewer choices, or less innovation for UK gamers”. It also believes Call of Duty and other franchises will be important to the growth of cloud streaming, and that Microsoft could remove competition by making these games exclusive to its cloud offering.

The CMA has suggested that a “partial divestiture of Activision Blizzard” would be a solution it would consider in order to approve the acquisition.

This could mean either:

• Selling off the part of the business that deals with Call of Duty
• Selling off the Activision segment of Activision Blizzard
• Selling off both the Activision and the Blizzard segments

The CMA’s other given possible ‘solution’ would be the prohibition of the merger altogether, it said.

The regulator states that Microsoft has informed it of its commitments to keep Call of Duty on rival platforms such as PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, and says it would potentially consider this kind of remedy, but that it would prefer a structural solution such as removing Activision from the deal altogether as it requires less ongoing enforcement

Edited February 8, 2023 by FIREPOWER

[Twinblade★ 3,889]

This would be pretty bad for MS. There's no point to the Acquisition if CoD isn't included.

[jehurey 3,222]

19 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

This would be pretty bad for MS. There's no point to the Acquisition if CoD isn't included.

which would be a dead giveaway that Microsoft was clearly trying to buy Activision because they were planning on doing anti-competitive things with Call of Duty.

 

You're pretty much catching Microsoft in their WHOLE BULLSHIT LIE that they are trying to convince us they are not doing.

 

And make no mistake, the Call of Duty splinter company would be an absolutely successful company. Hell I bet Bobby Kotick would stay around and continue being the CEO of that.

[Tears of the Cows 1,204]

UK only dictates UK. I don’t live in UK, couldn’t care less, LOL. 

[jehurey 3,222]

The other great thing about this is that Microsoft is paying $70B, and they are saying its primarily for their mobile businesses.

 

So, if they are forced to remove Call of Duty, then according to what Microsoft has been telling us publicly..............this SHOULDN'T LOWER the $70 Billion dollar buyout, all that much.

 

Maybe what? $60 billion, or $55 billion?

 

But if Microsoft says "well, if we're not getting COD, then we won't be paying more than $35 billion" then those motherfuckers ARE CLEARLY MAKING IT KNOWN that Call of Duty was the centerpiece in the $70 billion dollar buyout.

 

They are practically being forced to OVERPAY for King and mobile gaming.Oh man, this is really starting to get good.

[sugarhigh 519]

I honestly don't care if MS gets CoD. Activision is the worst publisher in the industry, way worse than EA.

 

The big question for me is Blizzard. Would they be better under MS?

[jehurey 3,222]

23 minutes ago, sugarhigh said:

I honestly don't care if MS gets CoD. Activision is the worst publisher in the industry, way worse than EA.

 

The big question for me is Blizzard. Would they be better under MS?

Say what you will about Activision, but they get games out.

 

Absolutely have no reason to believe that would be improved under Microsoft.

[sugarhigh 519]

5 minutes ago, jehurey said:

Say what you will about Activision, but they get games out.

 

Absolutely have no reason to believe that would be improved under Microsoft.

Activision's MO is to find a hit and reconstruct their whole business so they can milk it to death. Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero, Call of Duty.  Respect to them for Sekiro, but that's a rare exception.

[FIREPOWER 710]

29 minutes ago, Jerrys Hair Line said:

UK only dictates UK. I don’t live in UK, couldn’t care less, LOL. 

If UK says the deal is dead, the deal is dead.

 

 Microsoft aren't going to pull out their entire company from the UK because of dogshit COD or Activision.

 

 You better pray MS agrees to CMA's recommendations or this deal is fucking dead you retard.

[Tears of the Cows 1,204]

12 minutes ago, FIREPOWER said:

If UK says the deal is dead, the deal is dead.

 

 Microsoft aren't going to pull out their entire company from the UK because of dogshit COD or Activision.

 

 You better pray MS agrees to CMA's recommendations or this deal is fucking dead you retard.

He’s getting nervous  this deal will go through, I have zero concerns.

[FIREPOWER 710]

1 minute ago, Jerrys Hair Line said:

He’s getting nervous  this deal will go through, I have zero concerns.

 The retard is in denial now

 

 

 

   Nadella and Kotick don't share your fake optimism and neither do media outlets.

 

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/8/23590700/microsoft-activision-uk-cma-findings-call-of-duty

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tears of the Cows 1,204]

2 minutes ago, FIREPOWER said:

 The retard is in denial now

 

 

 

   Nadella and Kotick don't share your fake optimism and neither do media outlets.

 

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/8/23590700/microsoft-activision-uk-cma-findings-call-of-duty

 

 

 

 

 

 

he’s sweating 

[FIREPOWER 710]

On 2/8/2023 at 9:19 AM, Jerrys Hair Line said:

I'm tired of getting raped every day since last week

 

 We know but you keep doing this to yourself.

Edited February 15, 2023 by FIREPOWER

[Tears of the Cows 1,204]

1 minute ago, FIREPOWER said:

 We know but you keep doing this to yourself.

forced to edit posts

 

the thought of him not being able to play COD on his nephews PS5 or PC is making him lose it. He looks for news on the deal daily

[sugarhigh 519]

It would be better for everyone if Xbox quit the industry than MS buys up the biggest publishers.

 

We're really not losing anything if Xbox throws in the towel.

[Tears of the Cows 1,204]

The deal is as good as approved. The entire argument is about the cloud. All MS has to do is say they’ll keep COD on competition’s cloud services, which is likely all they were going to get anyway. 

[FIREPOWER 710]

Just now, Jerrys Hair Line said:

forced to edit posts

 

the thought of him not being able to play COD on his nephews PS5 or PC is making him lose it. He looks for news on the deal daily

Still getting raped and dragged in every thread and still waiting for his nephew to allow him to use his PS5 

 

Ghostz is the most raped retard in SW history 

[Tears of the Cows 1,204]

1 minute ago, FIREPOWER said:

Still getting raped and dragged in every thread and still waiting for his nephew to allow him to use his PS5 

 

Ghostz is the most raped retard in SW history 

No receipt  it took you 12 hours to post this, too

Edited February 8, 2023 by Jerrys Hair Line

[FIREPOWER 710]

6 minutes ago, sugarhigh said:

It would be better for everyone if Xbox quit the industry than MS buys up the biggest publishers.

 

We're really not losing anything if Xbox throws in the towel.

Indeed. 

 

CMA and the FTC saw right through Microsoft's bullshit and they made the right call. With the FTC, MS can still challenge their decisions in court but with CMA they can't do shit.

 

If MS doesn't agree to the terms of CMA's findings they are fucked and CMA will sink the deal. Either way Sony, Nvidia, and Google are probably popping bottles of champagne now 

Edited February 8, 2023 by FIREPOWER

[FIREPOWER 710]

1 minute ago, Jerrys Hair Line said:

No receipt  it took you 12 hours to post this, too

 The retard is desperately trying to derail the thread because he has nothing to fight back against CMA's rulings

 

 

 

 I'm reporting the news. My 4090 PC and PS5 have nothing to do with Activision and MS getting raped by the CMA. Stay on topic you retard lol.