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It looks like MS will finally wait to see what the CMA says and won't offer early remedies to the EC until late January, with the Statement of Objections.
It makes sense, if the answer from the CMA is positive, then engage with the EC during the normal process with a good outcome more likely. If it isn't, they could pull out even before the first extension, if they don't want to wait until March.
I dont know if this really means they pull out or just that if the findings are negative from the CMA, and similarly negative from the EC, they could combine the remedies offered. Just my guess; given US holidays, there wouldn't have been much activity from the two US headquartered companies regardless in early January
no, it's just so they don't negotiate against themselves. you try to negotiate against a group instead of individually because you could set yourself up with too many concessions for no reason if you don't
The points raised against Microsoft are laughable and just console war babble. Book it, it's passing through.
Right? It seems like a few of the "against" arguments are actually promoting competition.
Sounds to me like the CMA talks are going so well that they don't want to fast track an EC decision anymore. That or EC suddenly did a U-turn on the deal after all the evidence that's in favor of passing it with remedies.
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I think that what MLex said the other day was right: after the FTC challenge, the EC is not interested in early talks for remedies and prefers to wait for the provisional findings from the CMA
Is there actual confirmation it's Xbox fans or are we just assuming here
weird post right? I guess he has some inside info he can share with us?
Looking at the replies they got on Twitter alone makes it obvious, including Jez Corden who was recently called out for throwing his abusive followers onto others (John Linneman) on Twitter.
Uhh, because John Linneman pretty much insulted him and his character? At least get your facts straight. He basically said "Judging from his background, he's to into this" with an insulting tone.
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Probably the "we <3 sony !!" or something like that
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No, I think that they just want to let the review process progress normally.
By timing, the CMA has always been a little bit ahead. They should say something during the first two weeks of January.
The EC doesn't have to say anything until the end of January, with the Statement of Objections (SO).
Before the challenge from tbe FTC, engaging in early talks for remedies to avoid that SO and close things early made sense for MS.
For MS still makes sense, but after the FTC challenge maybe the EC prefers to let the original timeline progress and see what the CMA thinks.
It's just an issue of timing and procedure, nothing more.
Wouldn't/Couldn't it be that they don't want to seem weak against "Big-Tech" if they were to accept with minimal remedies, just to have the FTC and CMA push to block?
If it did come down to divestiture (since behavioral is frowned upon), surely MS would take, let's say King, rather than nothing at all, right? ABK would have to be for that as well but yeah.
I don't think Microsoft would pay 69 billion for King
I can't imagine MS taking anything other than the Activision portion, as that's the most valuable asset to them and the part that's holding this deal up, really. Call of Duty's a big deal to these platform holders.
MS would gain far more from Activision than they would from King, in terms of bolstering Game Pass, which is their bread and butter right now. There's no chance that they'd be happy with just King. Call of Duty is holding this deal up for a big reason.
I think if they could walk away with King and Blizzard that might be enough.
No, they'd have to find a buyer for the divested portions of the company.
Yeah, it would merit a renegotiation with a new price and approval by stockholders
I strongly disagree. They're making these acquisitions for Game Pass right?
If we agree on that, then I think we can both agree that nothing strengthens Game Pass more than a top selling, annually released IP like Call of Duty.
Of course not but it would never be the case where MS spends $69B on just King. If they had to divest the terms would be renegotiated if even accepted.
I feel like a divestiture would just bring ABK and MS back to the negotiating table, at which points talks would fall apart. Can't see AB wanting to sell off just K if they're otherwise staying independent 🤷♂️
Game Pass is part of it, but MS is also talking a big game about their mobile plans. They want to be a real player in that space, ABK is their way in
MS says this and that, but I don't really believe it. So far they've presented next to nothing in terms of being serious about the mobile market. Sure, owning King would help them with that but so would owning other big mobile IPs that they've made zero attempts at acquiring. They have however been very aggressive in bolstering Game Pass.
Isn't COD just a main topic because of the console space arguments opposing said COD buyouts from a key console holder?
As for MS's intent they said COD wasn't the main reason for this buyout but rather mobile and KING. They downplayed COD many times, early on.
Before this got centered around COD as well, MS was saying their real fear is Apple and Google, only emphasized by the mobile stores monopolies.
Maybe for Xbox, Activision is the primary desire but the one footing the bill is MS itself and Nadella may choose King if divestiture is in question.
MS also said Sony isn't their competitor but Google and Amazon are. It's nice to say things, I guess.
This was when they assumed it would've gone through and Sony didn't push for counter arguments, etc....
MS possibly wanted KING as the primary buy and got Acti/Blizz as the secondary for GamePass, etc... but if divestiture becomes an issue they may weigh their options and choose what they want as a priority.
It could become Xbox's desires versus MS's own and only one is footing the bill here.
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I'm not saying they JUST care about King, obviously they want the whole package. But downplaying the mobile incentives feels like a misread
Agreed. ABK will be facing the prospect of trying to increase their stock price and divestiture would cripple their ability, especially losing King which probably generates the most revenue for the least amount of dev time/resources.
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I'm not saying they JUST care about King, obviously they want the whole package. But downplaying the mobile incentives feels like a misread
Why are we talking about divesture? That's fantasy talk. Global combined, Microsoft and Activision is 10-11% of the gaming market. Toyota owns 15% percent of the automotive industry market share. The next time you hear about Toyota being forced to sell or retire the Lexus brand would be the first time. That is not in the cards. At all. The deal will consummate with all of ABK intact.