Last I checked, this is a PlayStation Studios OT. If you want to talk about Microsoft, there's an OT dedicated to their game studios (be nice in there, don't make us ban you for wars).
Also, wanna talk about Activision and their potential acquisition? There's an OT for that, too.
In other words, drop the Microsoft / Activision acquisition talk in here.
I know there is no ill will behind it but this basically bans anyone in this OT to talk about something that might greatly effect them. It also hides important information in a thread that nobody in this OT visits.
Nobody in this OT can talk about that stuff in the Activision thread. I tried, but you get constantly dogpiled if you have a critical stance on the matter and seeing anyone with a differing opinion getting mass reported and banned there one by one makes it an awful experience. I also caught a 2 weeks thread ban once for saying that not the CMA was angry but Bobby Kotick et al. and that it's good to see them not getting their way. Like, how can you even get reported and thread banned for that? And since nobody in the mod team explained that to me when I made a ticket for that, I just put the thread on ignore. It was good for my sanity. I can't handle getting 10 notifications everytime I make a post there (and probably also 10 reports).
I think the mod team should reconsider the way the Activision thread is moderated. I don't know who is moderating it currently (and I don't want to know either) but they are making sure that only members with a pro acquisition stance can actually feel welcomed there. And I don't think that's how it should be. I think we all should be able to discuss pro's and con's of that acquisition without constantly being dog-piled and eventually thread banned for having a different opinion than the majority in that thread.
Currently the only place where we can discuss this stuff (that's also often Sony related) is this OT because every thread on the topic gets merged with the Activision OT. Banning it here effectively excludes us from discussing it at all.
I'm really sorry for making this post but I really don't know where else to put it.
