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[The Verge]: "PlayStation chief Jim Ryan - 'I don’t want a new Call of Duty deal. I just want to block your merger'

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Fat4all

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wow, i cant believe sony might not want microsoft to buy activision

im shocked
 
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You don't say
 
_zoipi

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Even if it is Sony just wanting the best for them, a blocked merger is the most desirable, because nothing has ever come better after a merger.
 
HardRojo

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Wasn't it established in a previously locked thread that Tom Warren is kind of biased in the way he's reporting this? Also, nothing new there, we know Sony don't want MS to acquire Activision 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
Iwao

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For some reason that I cannot put my finger on… I bet there's context missing from this.
 
Dyle

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Well yeah, obviously. That's exactly what you should say to a regulator about a deal you oppose.
 
FF Seraphim

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ragolliangatan said:
I suspect if this deal doesn't go through Activision are going to have a hefty grudge against Sony. I'm not a fan of such a huge deal- and the way it's played out has been extremely messy.
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That is not how a business who have to answer to shareholders works though. Sure the execs would have a grudge but at the end of the day their job is to make money. The shareholders would probably have them axed if they work counter to that. Which working against a company that hpas 80% of the market would be counter to.
 
WetWaffle

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It's bad enough that Lulu is a horrible person if you know of Activision's workplace issues , but she's doing everything humanly possible to get this acquisition approved so she can have her payday.
 
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That is not how a business who have to answer to shareholders works though. Sure the execs would have a grudge but at the end of the day their job is to make money. The shareholders would probably have them axed if they work counter to that. Which working against a company that hpas 80% of the market would be counter to.
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i should have rephrased it, Bobby Kotick is gonna have a grudge/be pissed at losing out on a payday (not that he needs one) I don't think it'd affect how they deal with Sony given that money talks at the end of the day.
 
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There's no grudge in business lol this is not a tv show.
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But there is. Lots, even in gaming. There are quite a few quotes from 7th gen with decision makers saying they will not support the Wii for obvious "feelings" over better business reasons. There was the interview in NextGen when the head of Square said there was no way that they would ever port FF7 to Saturn.
 
Paches

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Yeah, he has been trying to block the merger for months? What is the revelation here.
 

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I don't believe Jim Ryan has ever said anything that straightforwardly. Ever. Remember, this is the same person who made us believe all those cross gen games were going to be PS5 exclusives
 
LightKiosk

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There's nothing from The Verge here and the source is a terrible, shithead person.
 
BobLoblaw

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As I said in the acquisition thread, before people start talking about Lulu leaking "private" conversations, remember that Jim leaked his private conversation with Phil about their original CoD offer. Both sides are doing it. And fyi, I don't particularly like Lulu or Jim. One currently posts memes, though, so there's that.
 
elyetis

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Market leader unconditionally does not want a change which let them stay market leader but by a smaller margin, we can appreciate the honesty at least.
 
Beef Supreme

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He's right. It's much better when somebody pays to have a game exclusively on your platform for a year or 2.

You have to admire the balls on this guy. I wasn't wanting this deal to go through originally. Now I do.
 
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