A Verdict Has Been Reached in the Microsoft vs. FTC Trial - eviltoast
A Verdict Has Been Reached in the Microsoft vs. FTC Trial - IGN
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A judge has denied the FTC's request for an injunction on Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
    • max1mum_d3ath@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Were you hoping for the acquisition to be denied? I’m curious to hear if/why people think this going through will be bad.

        • Wodge@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Based on what? 4 games? Acti/Blizzard aren’t the publishing powerhouse they once were. They have Warcraft, Diablo, CoD and Hearthstone. Yes, there is also King, but all that is f2p mobile jank.

          • imaBEES@kbin.social
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            1 year ago

            Apparently King is the money-printing machine that this deal was primarily about, all the Activision/Blizzard games are just a bonus

            • Wodge@lemmy.world
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              1 year ago

              I don’t doubt this to be true, but all the attempts to block the deal have centered around Call of Duty.

              • Eochaid@lemmy.world
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                1 year ago

                That’s only because of Sony. They’re the only ones that kept bringing up CoD - accusing, without evidence, that MS is going to make it exclusive to Xbox.

                Phil Spencer / Microsoft only ever talked about CoD in response to Sony’s allegations - and that was to say they have no intention of taking CoD from PS and to offer long term deals as assurance.

                And furthermore, to confirm that because they’re a distant #3 in the market, cutting off Activision’s biggest game from the current market leader would be a great way to cut off a big chunk of their new acquisition’s revenue.