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solosnake 10/15/22 11:21:32 PM #1:	https://www.gamesindustry.biz/cma-unswayed-by-microsofts-arguments-for-activision-blizzard-acquisition --- "We would have no NBA possibly if they got rid of all the flopping." ~ Dwyane Wade http://i.imgur.com/MYYEIx5.gif http://i.imgur.com/WGE12ef.jpg <cite>solosnake posted [p:968744446] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>https://www.gamesindustry.biz/cma-unswayed-by-microsofts-arguments-for-activision-blizzard-acquisition</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Master_Bass 10/15/22 11:23:22 PM #3:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] The UK's Competition and Markets Authority. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Master_Bass posted [p:968744474] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> The UK's Competition and Markets Authority. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
runewalshPSiv 10/15/22 11:24:01 PM #4:	I wonder how much sony paid them to say that? --- There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, a state of bliss <cite>runewalshPSiv posted [p:968744479] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>I wonder how much sony paid them to say that?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CADE_FOSTER 10/15/22 11:24:38 PM #5:	they gonna block the sale fuck ms lol <cite>CADE_FOSTER posted [p:968744489] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>they gonna block the sale fuck ms lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CADE_FOSTER 10/15/22 11:26:29 PM #7:	uk actually cares usa dont give a shit about monopolies <cite>CADE_FOSTER posted [p:968744528] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>uk actually cares usa dont give a shit about monopolies</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NostraL0r3 10/15/22 11:28:20 PM #8:	That won't stop this from happening. M$ has pockets so deep, that if Bugs Bunny jumped through them... he's reach China on the other side. Literally. --- Nothing ventured is nothing earned. Don't let life live you. Make your dreams come true -- Just DO it!!! ... Shia Flex <cite>NostraL0r3 posted [p:968744572] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>That won't stop this from happening. M$ has pockets so deep, that if Bugs Bunny jumped through them... he's reach China on the other side. Literally. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrKapowski 10/15/22 11:37:59 PM #9:	So Sony is upset that Microsoft may get exclusive shit in CoD on gamepass? Meanwhile they've been paying for exclusive shit in CoD for how long? Hope it goes to court so all the shady hypocritical shit Sony has been pulling gets exposed. --- So! You want to hear a story, eh? <cite>MrKapowski posted [p:968744742] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>So Sony is upset that Microsoft may get exclusive shit in CoD on gamepass?Meanwhile they've been paying for exclusive shit in CoD for how long?Hope it goes to court so all the shady hypocritical shit Sony has been pulling gets exposed.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CADE_FOSTER 10/15/22 11:41:25 PM #10:	MrKapowski posted... So Sony is upset that Microsoft may get exclusive shit in CoD on gamepass? Meanwhile they've been paying for exclusive shit in CoD for how long? Hope it goes to court so all the shady hypocritical shit Sony has been pulling gets exposed. Ms started the whole exclusive shit on 360 blame them <cite>CADE_FOSTER posted [p:968744788] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>MrKapowski posted... </cite><quote>So Sony is upset that Microsoft may get exclusive shit in CoD on gamepass?Meanwhile they've been paying for exclusive shit in CoD for how long?Hope it goes to court so all the shady hypocritical shit Sony has been pulling gets exposed.</quote>Ms started the whole exclusive shit on 360 blame them</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
runewalshPSiv 10/15/22 11:44:32 PM #11:	CADE_FOSTER posted... Ms started the whole exclusive shit on 360 blame them MS only had the exclusive stuff for 1 month vs sonys 1 year. --- There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, a state of bliss <cite>runewalshPSiv posted [p:968744850] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>CADE_FOSTER posted... </cite><quote>Ms started the whole exclusive shit on 360 blame them</quote>MS only had the exclusive stuff for 1 month vs sonys 1 year.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 10/15/22 11:45:06 PM #12:	Why does the UK government have any say in what happens between American companies? <cite>Zikten posted [p:968744867] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Why does the UK government have any say in what happens between American companies?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jagr_68 10/15/22 11:46:26 PM #13:	CADE_FOSTER posted... Ms started the whole exclusive shit on 360 blame them Oh we can go wayyyy further than that during the Windows 95 age of Microsoft which prompted the US govt to review antitrust laws. Always been M$'s MO. https://youtu.be/H27rfr59RiE --- New York Rangers [2004-2008] https://media.giphy.com/media/WvQHBYW0q4TuxdAg61/giphy.gif https://psnprofiles.com/Jaromiroquai68 <cite>Jagr_68 posted [p:968744898] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>CADE_FOSTER posted... </cite><quote>Ms started the whole exclusive shit on 360 blame them</quote>Oh we can go wayyyy further than that during the Windows 95 age of Microsoft which prompted the US govt to review antitrust laws. Always been M$'s MO.https://youtu.be/H27rfr59RiE</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anteaterking 10/15/22 11:48:51 PM #14:	Zikten posted... Why does the UK government have any say in what happens between American companies? They still operate in those countries. --- http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg <cite>Anteaterking posted [p:968744947] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite><quote>Why does the UK government have any say in what happens between American companies?</quote>They still operate in those countries.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CADE_FOSTER 10/15/22 11:49:46 PM #15:	ms has always bought things when they dont want to compete they arent a good company <cite>CADE_FOSTER posted [p:968744960] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>ms has always bought things when they dont want to compete they arent a good company</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gamepimp12 10/15/22 11:59:07 PM #16:	Obviously they shouldnt be able to by activison. but they should of nipped the new era console war (where they just buy shit tons of developers to keep them from each other) in the bud all long time ago so stopping it now is weird. --- we rich now but used to be slaves,we pushing whips now we used to be whipped,rockin chains when we used to be in 'em <cite>gamepimp12 posted [p:968745117] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Obviously they shouldnt be able to by activison.but they should of nipped the new era console war (where they just buy shit tons of developers to keep them from each other) in the bud all long time ago so stopping it now is weird.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PiOverlord 10/16/22 12:09:39 AM #17:	They just are Sony Ponies, mad that Sony won't get CoD anymore, smh. --- Number of legendary 500 post topics: 34, 500th posts: 33; PiO ATTN: 6 RotM wins 1, LETTEN MY ARROW FLYEN TRUE <cite>PiOverlord posted [p:968745286] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>They just are Sony Ponies, mad that Sony won't get CoD anymore, smh.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CADE_FOSTER 10/16/22 12:16:22 AM #18:	man anyone with a brain wouldnt want this pi doesnt count <cite>CADE_FOSTER posted [p:968745394] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>man anyone with a brain wouldnt want this pi doesnt count</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dakimakura 10/16/22 12:17:13 AM #19:	If UK wanted people to care what they have to say they should have won the war. --- This is signature Not waste of data at all <cite>Dakimakura posted [p:968745414] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>If UK wanted people to care what they have to say they should have won the war.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
solosnake 10/16/22 12:30:38 PM #20:	bump --- "We would have no NBA possibly if they got rid of all the flopping." ~ Dwyane Wade http://i.imgur.com/MYYEIx5.gif http://i.imgur.com/WGE12ef.jpg <cite>solosnake posted [p:968753432] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>bump</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jeff_AKA_Snoopy 10/16/22 12:38:33 PM #21:	To suggest Call Of Duty (consistently a number one seller every year the past 10 years) going exclusive to Microsoft is not troubling is a flat lie. Also I find it really insulting from Microsoft that they suggest THEY are the small fish in this affair. This isn't Playstation vs. Xbox, it is Sony vs. Microsoft. Fucking Microsoft themselves recently said they don't even see Sony and Nintendo as competition because their competition is Apple. --- https://i.imgur.com/GWG5c3r.gif <cite>Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted [p:968753544] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>To suggest Call Of Duty (consistently a number one seller every year the past 10 years) going exclusive to Microsoft is not troubling is a flat lie. Also I find it really insulting from Microsoft that they suggest THEY are the small fish in this affair. This isn't Playstation vs. Xbox, it is Sony vs. Microsoft. Fucking Microsoft themselves recently said they don't even see Sony and Nintendo as competition because their competition is Apple. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkChozoGhost 10/16/22 12:43:03 PM #22:	Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted... To suggest Call Of Duty (consistently a number one seller every year the past 10 years) going exclusive to Microsoft is not troubling is a flat lie. They've never planned to make CoD exclusive to microsoft --- My sister's dog bit a hole in my Super Mario Land cartridge. It still works though - Skye Reynolds 3DS FC: 3239-5612-0115 <cite>DarkChozoGhost posted [p:968753634] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted... </cite><quote>To suggest Call Of Duty (consistently a number one seller every year the past 10 years) going exclusive to Microsoft is not troubling is a flat lie.</quote>They've never planned to make CoD exclusive to microsoft</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 10/16/22 12:44:46 PM #23:	Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted... To suggest Call Of Duty (consistently a number one seller every year the past 10 years) going exclusive to Microsoft is not troubling is a flat lie. Microsoft says they intend to keep it multiplatform. I don't see any reason to disbelieve them as they've done so with Minecraft. Besides. Fines would be pretty severe if they promise not to make it exclusive to dodge anti monopoly laws only to actually make it exclusive later. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:968753665] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted... </cite><quote>To suggest Call Of Duty (consistently a number one seller every year the past 10 years) going exclusive to Microsoft is not troubling is a flat lie.</quote>Microsoft says they intend to keep it multiplatform. I don't see any reason to disbelieve them as they've done so with Minecraft. Besides. Fines would be pretty severe if they promise not to make it exclusive to dodge anti monopoly laws only to actually make it exclusive later. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 10/16/22 12:46:02 PM #24:	Theres not a scenario where a monopoly like this is a good thing. Its the correct decision to block the purchase <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:968753696] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Theres not a scenario where a monopoly like this is a good thing. Its the correct decision to block the purchase </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LightHawKnight 10/16/22 12:46:27 PM #25:	Really want MS to fix blizzard. --- The Official Odin of the Shin Megami Tensei IV board. "You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me." <cite>LightHawKnight posted [p:968753703] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Really want MS to fix blizzard.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 10/16/22 12:46:32 PM #26:	Kloe_Rinz posted... Theres not a scenario where a monopoly like this is a good thing. Its the correct decision to block the purchase They can't block the purchase and it's also not a monopoly. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:968753704] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Kloe_Rinz posted... </cite><quote>Theres not a scenario where a monopoly like this is a good thing. Its the correct decision to block the purchase</quote>They can't block the purchase and it's also not a monopoly.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FunkyCat 10/16/22 12:47:06 PM #27:	Playstation is still going to dominate the console market so really hard to sympathise with Sony when CoD is still going to be on playstation. And the CMA seems to just roll a dice to make their decisions sometimes it feels like. --- http://i.imgur.com/BGbZK.gif <cite>FunkyCat posted [p:968753710] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Playstation is still going to dominate the console market so really hard to sympathise with Sony when CoD is still going to be on playstation.And the CMA seems to just roll a dice to make their decisions sometimes it feels like.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 10/16/22 12:47:20 PM #28:	Tyranthraxus posted... They can't block the purchase and it's also not a monopoly. Not a monopoly? What? <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:968753715] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Tyranthraxus posted... </cite><quote>They can't block the purchase and it's also not a monopoly.</quote>Not a monopoly? What? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Atralis 10/16/22 12:48:24 PM #29:	Realistically what would happen if the US approved the merger and the UK rejected it? <cite>Atralis posted [p:968753737] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote> Realistically what would happen if the US approved the merger and the UK rejected it? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 10/16/22 12:49:22 PM #30:	Kloe_Rinz posted... Not a monopoly? What? They're not a monopoly. They're not even half of video games. What is so hard to understand about this? --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:968753757] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Kloe_Rinz posted... </cite><quote>Not a monopoly? What?</quote>They're not a monopoly. They're not even half of video games. What is so hard to understand about this?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Foppe 10/16/22 12:52:04 PM #31:	Kloe_Rinz posted... Not a monopoly? What? How is it a monopoly? CoD will still be released on PC and Sony hardware. Heck, Microsoft-owned Bethesda still pushes out Skyrim ports on non-Microsoft hardware, why would Activision Blizzard be different? --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:968753806] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Kloe_Rinz posted... </cite><quote>Not a monopoly? What?</quote>How is it a monopoly?CoD will still be released on PC and Sony hardware.Heck, Microsoft-owned Bethesda still pushes out Skyrim ports on non-Microsoft hardware, why would Activision Blizzard be different?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 10/16/22 12:54:48 PM #32:	Atralis posted... Realistically what would happen if the US approved the merger and the UK rejected it? The UK and/or EU will impose regulatory burdens on Microsoft such as compelling them to make the game on playstation with parity to Xbox and advertisement regulations like forcing Bing to advertise you can buy it on PlayStation as well as Xbox. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:968753864] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Atralis posted... </cite><quote>Realistically what would happen if the US approved the merger and the UK rejected it?</quote>The UK and/or EU will impose regulatory burdens on Microsoft such as compelling them to make the game on playstation with parity to Xbox and advertisement regulations like forcing Bing to advertise you can buy it on PlayStation as well as Xbox.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrKapowski 10/16/22 12:58:12 PM #33:	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/9/AASSvUAADyL_.jpg --- So! You want to hear a story, eh? <cite>MrKapowski posted [p:968753922] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/9/AASSvUAADyL_.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DKBananaSlamma 10/16/22 12:59:29 PM #34:	Zikten posted... Why does the UK government have any say in what happens between American companies? This lol --- Neon >_> <cite>DKBananaSlamma posted [p:968753950] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite><quote>Why does the UK government have any say in what happens between American companies?</quote>This lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jeff_AKA_Snoopy 10/16/22 1:00:12 PM #35:	Microsoft said they would honor previous deals with COD which go to 2025. From there they said they would re-evaluate. No promise of a Minecraft type deal, though if they have since come out and made that comparison that pretty much assuages fears of that. --- https://i.imgur.com/GWG5c3r.gif <cite>Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted [p:968753963] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Microsoft said they would honor previous deals with COD which go to 2025. From there they said they would re-evaluate. No promise of a Minecraft type deal, though if they have since come out and made that comparison that pretty much assuages fears of that.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kamen_Rider_Blade 10/16/22 1:00:25 PM #36:	Just let MS buy the "Blizzard" portion of the company and call it a day. Activision can stay as it's own independent Publisher, then we can continue prosecuting the Activision CEO for all his Sexual Crimes that's been allegated. --- Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp '*Once Upon A Time in Mexico*' <cite>Kamen_Rider_Blade posted [p:968753967] in CMA unsway... [t:80199719]...</cite> <quote>Just let MS buy the "Blizzard" portion of the company and call it a day.Activision can stay as it's own independent Publisher, then we can continue prosecuting the Activision CEO for all his Sexual Crimes that's been allegated.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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