Current Events > EU approved MS/activision merger

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So the UK rejecting this merger is arguably the only good thing that ever come out of Brexit.

I think so far UK are the only ones who didn't approve. Bunch of Sony shills up in that government.

People who think Microsoft and Activision are big enough already and shouldn't merge are Sony shills?

So like, if the UK never bends, is the merger dead? How does that work?

UK will fold. Their cloud gaming argument doesn't even make sense because ABK doesn't have any cloud gaming services.

Final fuckingly. Hope Microsoft can fix Blizzard.

Ah yes fucking MS will fix Blizzard lol.

Ah yes fucking MS will fix Blizzard lol.

At the end of the day it's up to the US government to decide. They could use the UKs disapproval as a reason to not allow it, that's about it.

so yeah, im confused here: so every continent gets to decide whether two companies should merge or not? how does that work?

is that actually true? not sure.

Why doesn't uk even have a say aren't they both American companies

Yes but its fucking Microsoft they are big enough that thier isn't a way the UK just says naw we don't want new computers or software

Really fucking weird how so many Gamers are cheering on monopolies to own the company that makes a different console than they own

meh.
I'm trying to remember the last game Microsoft or Activision made that I care about, and the best I'm coming up with is maybe Minecraft.

Really fucking weird how so many Gamers are cheering on monopolies to own the company that makes a different console than they own

Nah most people are just sick of the blatant hypocrisy.
All this shit is literally "It's okay when Sony does it."
They want to see Sony eat shit for once.

Unfortunately, bad business in recent years (i.e. focusing on shareholders rather than customers) has caused Activision to really lose the good name it once had among gamers.

Why doesn't uk even have a say aren't they both American companies

Yes but its fucking Microsoft they are big enough that thier isn't a way the UK just says naw we don't want new computers or software

Why doesn't uk even have a say aren't they both American companies

Microsoft have allowed their games on both Nintendo and Sony hardware in the past.
You can still play exclusive titles on Sony hardware so where is the monopoly?

You're acting like a rational and normal person. The people in charge of these groups here in Britain want to make a point to everyone that we 'still matter'

And are idiots

To be fair, you're talking about the same government that cheerfully decided that "naw, we don't want food" because they were wildly hopped up on the "Brexit Means Brexit, we'll just get everyone to grow turnips in their garden" wave of woefully misplaced exceptionalism.

If it came to it, I absolutely believe that they would happily be evoking the ghost of Clive Sinclair as they boasted that we should be reviving our own homegrown computing market.

i didn't realize companies needed government approval to merge

Why doesn't uk even have a say aren't they both American companies

Nah most people are just sick of the blatant hypocrisy.
All this shit is literally "It's okay when Sony does it."
They want to see Sony eat shit for once.

when did Sony buy a major 3rd party studio?

Bungie

UK Government will do a U-turn, "The prevention ordered occurred before certain facts were known, it was an unfortunate lapse by an individual, that has covered by internal disciplinary procedures."