Brother, do you understand what is going on at all? LMAO
Anyways, feel for Nintendo out here catching strays in this fight. Would laugh if Microsoft/Nintendo announce some more partnerships
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Microsoft is making a 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo & Steam [UP: Sony responds. See threadmarks]
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Anyways, feel for Nintendo out here catching strays in this fight. Would laugh if Microsoft/Nintendo announce some more partnerships
FTC suing means nothing - they're grandstanding with nothing
they didn't file an injunction because they know it will be denied. they're only playing games with the acquisition.
if MS gets approval from EU and UK, they can still close and the FTC will have to prove their case to unwind the merger. good luck to them on that front lol.
That Sony response is ridiculous.
Since when has an agreement with Nintendo turned into a promise to release COD on the nintendo switch and the Nintendo switch only?
Sony trying to ignore the fact that Nintendo release new platforms and the fact that the switch is coming to the end of its lifespan is quite something.
Since when has an agreement with Nintendo turned into a promise to release COD on the nintendo switch and the Nintendo switch only?
Sony trying to ignore the fact that Nintendo release new platforms and the fact that the switch is coming to the end of its lifespan is quite something.
I'm speechless at the Sony response, have they even heard of cloud streamed games? How is a 10 year deal with Steam and Nintendo smoke and mirrors.
This whole situation has put Sony in a new light for me personally, they are really desperate to block this deal.
I don't understand Sony's strategy with this
They very clearly don't have an argument that will hold up in court. Are they just hoping to bully Microsoft out of the deal by making it too annoying? That doesn't seem like a winning strategy when Microsoft has such deep pockets.
Good luck getting any partnerships done that aren't considered contractually essential in the aftermath of all of this either. They'll keep getting CoD games, but if Microsoft has a big hit IP in the future come from Activison, they can put it on Nintendo and Steam and leave Sony high and dry, and there's nothing they could do about it.
They very clearly don't have an argument that will hold up in court. Are they just hoping to bully Microsoft out of the deal by making it too annoying? That doesn't seem like a winning strategy when Microsoft has such deep pockets.
Good luck getting any partnerships done that aren't considered contractually essential in the aftermath of all of this either. They'll keep getting CoD games, but if Microsoft has a big hit IP in the future come from Activison, they can put it on Nintendo and Steam and leave Sony high and dry, and there's nothing they could do about it.
How is this real? 😂
It's awkward how Sony/MS/Nintendo started building this "we work together" vibe, allowing cross play etc, in the past few years. I know it's all marketing and these are companies and not a friendship group of individuals but it's definitely starting to get quite hostile. Like, it's definitely far more hostile than it has ever been, right?
It's interesting to see Sony claim that they are clearly the market leader, have no real competition and have the best products etc (like to investors and outside of this case) but at the same time act like they are mortally threatened by Microsoft and Game Pass, and essentially claim that Call of Duty is a lifeline for them (to authorities recently and inside this case).
It's awkward how Sony/MS/Nintendo started building this "we work together" vibe, allowing cross play etc, in the past few years. I know it's all marketing and these are companies and not a friendship group of individuals but it's definitely starting to get quite hostile. Like, it's definitely far more hostile than it has ever been, right?
It's interesting to see Sony claim that they are clearly the market leader, have no real competition and have the best products etc (like to investors and outside of this case) but at the same time act like they are mortally threatened by Microsoft and Game Pass, and essentially claim that Call of Duty is a lifeline for them (to authorities recently and inside this case).
I don't think Nintendo is getting rid of the Switch or moving on from from for a number of years to come, they seem to like the space they are in.
ABK isn't the biggest publisher and FTC got corrected by the CE.
Yeah and Switch 2 could punch above it's weight with DLSS potentially.
Something didn't add up, because Microsoft PR department made it pretty clear to consumers what they're going to do (let's call it strategy B). In the meantime their legal and M&A department seemingly told EU regulators about their strategy A... . How would that not raise red flags for regulators, who could've read every public response by MS?
Obviously consumer don't need to get every information like regulators would need, but as a company imo you better make sure your public plan and internal plan presented to regulators align in their overall messaging. Anything else would've caused concerns and doubts during the reviewing of the deal imo.
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