Good news for MS: EU approves Activision acquisition

[Substatic 420]

CMA paid off by Sony confirmed.

 

[FIREPOWER 710]

3 hours ago, Substatic said:

 

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

 

 

MS themselves were the ones hyping up cloud. You can’t blame the CMA for believing their bullshit 

 

 It’s irrelevant what you or I think of the deal or what Bobby thinks, what matters is the CMA thinks the Cloud was a valid reason to block MS. Now MS is going to have to convince the CMA that they made a bad decision (impossible) or that they didn’t gather enough facts to come up with their decision (unlikely but at least a small micro-chance they succeed here).

 

It’s still not looking good for MS because the CMA is still doubling down that they made the right decision today and that the EU’s ruling doesn’t affect their stance. We’ll see how this goes with the appeals but if I was a betting man I’d say the odds for this deal going through are still pretty grim and terrible 

 

You don’t even have to take my word on it, here’s an acquisition lawyer from Bloomberg saying the same thing…

While the EU decision offers a glimmer of hope, “it probably doesn’t change much” for Microsoft’s chances of success in legal challenges to the FTC and CMA, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jennifer Rie.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-15/microsoft-s-69-billion-activision-deal-wins-eu-approval?in_source=embedded-checkout-banner

Edited May 15, 2023 by FIREPOWER

[FIREPOWER 710]

The Resetera thread on the acquisition has been shut down again for the second time because lemshits in there are crying about the CMA’s statement today and are upset that the CMA is being paid by Sony, hilarious stuff reading all the lemshit meltdowns in there  

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-ot-antitrust-simulator-up-eu-approves.633344/page-978#post-105710059

 

 

[MalaXmaS 646]

Lmfao TCHBFMAR

Bu bu it won't happens ;(

[MalaXmaS 646]

On 2023-05-15 at 12:23 PM, Substatic said:

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

A matter of time till the fgt cows from CMA get owned. 

[sugarhigh 519]

Nothing good will come from this deal. It won't even help Xbox.

[Substatic 420]

On 2023-05-17 at 7:54 AM, MalaXmaS said:

A matter of time till the fgt cows from CMA get owned. 

 

[Tears of the Cows 1,206]

On 2023-05-15 at 11:34 AM, 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. 

[Twinblade★ 3,893]

On 2023-05-15 at 11:40 AM, TLHBO said:

 

The FTC is preparing to fight MS in court.

 

So how'd that work out? 

[TLHBO 2,160]

6 hours ago, Twinblade said:

 

So how'd that work out? 

The point was Xbox shills were spinning a narrative that only the CMA was against it and everyone else approved. The FTC was against it, and the EU required some things. Just because the FTC is a wet blanket as corporations run America, it doesn't mean that the major regulators don't have concerns

 

Its funny if you cheer for ms twinkie, you'll be the first to cry when they're raising sub prices or locking content behind their own store, and enforcing DRM on the os itself.

Edited July 27, 2023 by TLHBO

[Tears of the Cows 1,206]

On 9/20/2023 at 7:20 PM, jehurey said:

are you saying that more than half of those 20 million people were just playing F2P online within the first four weeks of its launch?

 

That's a simple yes or no question.

 

And you aren't going to answer it

 

On 5/15/2023 at 11:40 AM, TLHBO said:

 

The FTC is preparing to fight MS in court.

 

On 5/15/2023 at 11:41 AM, lynux3 said:

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

 

On 5/15/2023 at 11:59 AM, 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...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 5/15/2023 at 12:05 PM, 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.

 

 

 

On 5/15/2023 at 12:25 PM, 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.

 

 

 

On 5/15/2023 at 1:15 PM, FIREPOWER said:

 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 

[MalaXmaS 646]

On 2023-07-27 at 6:18 AM, TLHBO said:

The point was Xbox shills were spinning a narrative that only the CMA was against it and everyone else approved. The FTC was against it, and the EU required some things. Just because the FTC is a wet blanket as corporations run America, it doesn't mean that the major regulators don't have concerns

 

Its funny if you cheer for ms twinkie, you'll be the first to cry when they're raising sub prices or locking content behind their own store, and enforcing DRM on the os itself.

There was no point.

You got owned