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I have hope that Blizzard revives the Starcraft franchise. The RTS genre needs some love atm.
honestly this create an economic boon upon closure more tax from sales win-win
but if the acquisition doesn't succeed it is fine too Activision is in a good stance as its titles have been doing better than most
This is weird. The judge says that because there won’t be any anticompetitive effects in the next 10 years (because MS made a pinky promise), this merger is fine? What about after those 10 years? What about anything not Call of Duty?
Here’s a tangent:
The most popular sports leagues in the world are mimicked by people all over the world who play casual and team sports. The game itself is not proprietary.
Why can’t we make popular open source video games? If games were not owned by a single entity, anyone could host tournaments and leagues, more similar to baseball, basketball, and football. We could all play the same game.
Very bad for end consumer in long term.
But as long as you throw enough money at the judges and bribing regulators, perhaps you do get away with monopolistic practices. Microsoft will never change and cannot be trusted.
They will continue their horizontal integration of games studios and apply their lock in with their game-pass platform over a so-called 10 year pinky promise which they can make all other new games exclusive anyway afterwards.
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https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23791149/microsoft-activi...
This part is interesting from that link: > MLex also reported last month that Microsoft was exploring options to close the deal despite the UK block, which could have involved closing over the UK decision and potentially carving out Activision in the UK. That’s a messy process, and it looks like both parties are now willing to negotiate to avoid it.
The way things are looking in the UK assets their might not have a long shelf life
It might turn around if their government changes after the election, but who wants to bet on that? It is looking really dismal
This is weird. The judge says that because there won’t be any anticompetitive effects in the next 10 years (because MS made a pinky promise), this merger is fine? What about after those 10 years? What about anything not Call of Duty?
Im hoping Microsoft will altruistically stop producing these addictive “games”. As a new console player, the differences between a game like Halo Infinite and Overwatch (FPS 4v4/5v5) are enough to put me from playing and in control to binging. Here’s a tangent: The most popular sports leagues in the world are mimicked by people all over the world who play casual and team sports. The game itself is not proprietary. Wh…
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I don’t like any of those games, but their sales numbers obviously show that others do haha.
I don’t think US competition law should be based on your personal taste for video games!