Good news for MS: EU approves Activision acquisition

[Twinblade★ 3,906]

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/15/23723703/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-approved-eu-european-commission
 
UK’s CMA is the only holdout, their position is looking increasingly weak and I think it’s only a matter of time before they backtrack on it.

[Tears of the Cows 1,207]

Cows about to come in and not double or triple down, but quadruple down. The meltdowns incoming in this thread compare nothing to the tears when the deal goes through, like I predicted all along. 

Edited May 15, 2023 by Tears of the Cows

[TLHBO 2,162]

13 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

UK’s CMA is the only holdout

 

The FTC is preparing to fight MS in court.

[lynux3 2,068]

CMA doubled down; they aren’t changing their position unless an external entity says to. 

[jehurey 3,230]

LOL the EU's deal requires conditions. Microsoft has to offer all their games on all competing cloud services. Knowing Microsoft, we know that there's a catch to their promise, and its probably that the cloud services have to use Azure and pay Microsoft.

 

But none of this impresses the CMA. The stock price hasn't moved on this news.

[FIREPOWER 719]

The deal is still dead. There's a reason the stocks haven't moved on this news 

 

All three regulatory bodies have to approve the deal. MS only got EU and CMA is still doubling down on blocking the deal even after EU's decision.

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing has really changed at all as far as the deal goes. MS still has to appeal to the CMA and based on the CMA's response today, they aren't budging at all...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 15, 2023 by FIREPOWER

[FIREPOWER 719]

17 minutes ago, lynux3 said:

CMA doubled down; they aren’t changing their position unless an external entity says to. 

Not even an external entity can make them do that. They are completely independent.

 

 

The appeal will go to the CAT, and the CAT will send it back to the CMA. If MS can prove that CMA didn't do their due diligence in coming up with their decision then CMA will get to make the ruling again. All roads lead back to the CMA and that's why getting the CMA to overturn their own ruling is an almost impossible task.

 

 

[Substatic 421]

CMA is the only real holdout, and gave the most bullshit low IQ false reasoning. Even Bobby Kottick owned their asses.

Edited May 15, 2023 by Substatic

[FIREPOWER 719]

47 minutes ago, Tears of the Cows said:

Cows about to come in and not double or triple down, but quadruple down. The meltdowns incoming in this thread compare nothing to the tears when the deal goes through, like I predicted all along. 

 Like you predicted Redfall would score an 8/10 or like you predicted CMA would pass the deal?

 

 

You are like 0-5 on predictions. In fact, if I was a betting man I'd double my bet now on the deal not going through based on your new shitty prediction. You are the Reverse Nostradamus lol.

[FIREPOWER 719]

Just now, Substatic said:

CMA is the only hold out and they gave the most bullshit low IQ false reasoning.

FTC is also blocking the deal. 

 

Only thing is that FTC have to prove their case in a court where MS' money and influence in Washington carries weight while with the FTC there is no court to appeal to. This retarded idea that CMA are the only holdouts is false considering the FTC is currently suing to block the deal right now.

 

 

[Substatic 421]

16 minutes ago, FIREPOWER said:

FTC is also blocking the deal. 

 

Only thing is that FTC have to prove their case in a court where MS' money and influence in Washington carries weight while with the FTC there is no court to appeal to. This retarded idea that CMA are the only holdouts is false considering the FTC is currently suing to block the deal right now.

 

 

 

Bobby "Gangsta" Kottick is right here,

 

 

Foolish, flawed, and unreal. From the Top G himself.

Edited May 15, 2023 by Substatic

[jehurey 3,230]

The people trying to defend Microsoft are this forum's biggest clowns who end up being wrong all the time.

[Casual 727]

good for ms, bad for gamers.

[Hot Sauce 2,729]

1 hour ago, lynux3 said:

CMA doubled down; they aren’t changing their position unless an external entity says to. 

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/smarter-regulation-unveiled-to-cut-red-tape-and-grow-the-economy

 

[Tears of the Cows 1,207]

1 hour ago, FIREPOWER said:

The deal is still dead. There's a reason the stocks haven't moved on this news 

 

All three regulatory bodies have to approve the deal. MS only got EU and CMA is still doubling down on blocking the deal even after EU's decision.

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing has really changed at all as far as the deal goes. MS still has to appeal to the CMA and based on the CMA's response today, they aren't budging at all...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, FIREPOWER said:

Not even an external entity can make them do that. They are completely independent.

 

 

The appeal will go to the CAT, and the CAT will send it back to the CMA. If MS can prove that CMA didn't do their due diligence in coming up with their decision then CMA will get to make the ruling again. All roads lead back to the CMA and that's why getting the CMA to overturn their own ruling is an almost impossible task.

 

 

 

42 minutes ago, FIREPOWER said:

 Like you predicted Redfall would score an 8/10 or like you predicted CMA would pass the deal?

 

 

You are like 0-5 on predictions. In fact, if I was a betting man I'd double my bet now on the deal not going through based on your new shitty prediction. You are the Reverse Nostradamus lol.

 

40 minutes ago, FIREPOWER said:

FTC is also blocking the deal. 

 

Only thing is that FTC have to prove their case in a court where MS' money and influence in Washington carries weight while with the FTC there is no court to appeal to. This retarded idea that CMA are the only holdouts is false considering the FTC is currently suing to block the deal right now.

 

 

Holy fuck a first page meltdown you can tell he’s sweating it

[FIREPOWER 719]

9 minutes ago, Tears of the Cows said:

 

 

 

Holy fuck a first page meltdown you can tell he’s sweating it

 You wish, the deal is still dead and you're still a fucking clown.

 

 

Acting like you didn't just come back from a 3 week cuck hiatus after being consistently wrong on all your predictions 

Edited May 15, 2023 by FIREPOWER

[FIREPOWER 719]

55 minutes ago, Substatic said:

 

Bobby "Gangsta" Kottick is right here,

 

 

Foolish, flawed, and unreal. From the Top G himself.

 What else is the asshole going to say? The CMA is blocking his golden parachute.

 

 

He stands to make over $100+ million if the deal is approved.

 

Like I've said from the start, this deal lives or dies by the CMA and today's EU ruling doesn't change anything overall.

 

 

You didn't disprove anything I said earlier. So far the CMA and FTC are still blocking the deal.

Edited May 15, 2023 by FIREPOWER

[Tears of the Cows 1,207]

Two more posts 

[Substatic 421]

44 minutes ago, FIREPOWER said:

What else is the asshole going to say? 

 

Is he wrong?  The cloud based gaming excuse sounded like people who don't know what they are talking about. 

 

 

[Cell 421]

The EC went as far as to say that, if Microsoft did make the likes of Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox, Sony would still be able to go toe to toe with it. "Even if Microsoft did decide to withdraw Activision's games from the PlayStation, this would not significantly harm competition in the consoles market," the EC said.