FTC Brings Back In-House Case Vs Microsoft (That Won’t Accomplish Anything)
It isn't really clear what the point of FTC's latest action is.
It isn't really clear what the point of FTC's latest action is.
We knew it was an inevitability, but the question of when may have been answered with sooner than you think.
Microsoft's choice to add Ubisoft to the deal has given CMA pause to reconsider.
There may be even more devs benefiting from Game Pass, but just can't attest to it in court.
Microsoft managed to convince people from the political left and right that this deal will be good for everyone.
This latest twist in the Microsoft Activision deal seems set to worsen the deal for everyone, just to make a small group of regulators happy.
Sledgehammer has an opportunity to do something exciting with Modern Warfare, even, something shocking.
If we were honest about it, Call of Duty is a consistent crowd pleaser and a reliable income generator for Activision.
Microsoft may have failed with the oral arguments, but they won the EU over with their ten year deals.
Microsoft barely scratches the surface here on the variety of video games today, in terms of budget and scale.
The EU's decision isn't quite as straightforward as we expected it to be.
The decision document seems to highlight just how different the EU's thinking process was to the CMA's.
Activision's competition, or maybe we should say colleagues, seem to be upbeat on their deal with Microsoft.
No less than Randi Weingarten interjected herself in this case.
If you look at the facts, either company stands to lose if they walk out on the deal now.
Microsoft wants to make sure all parties, around the world, are sympatico with the deal.
The FTC has run out of ways to stop this deal from happening.
This may not necessarily be about Activision's confidence as it is about their schedule.
This doesn't look like it was a coincidence.
The decision is so conclusive that it's unlikely the FTC will succeed if they try to appeal.
It's really unlikely that such an appeal will succeed.
It certainly sounds suspiciously like Microsoft agreed to drop cloud gaming in the UK.
Today would be the pertinent date for MS to act.
The potential new FTC commissioners could serve as a check and balance vs Lina Khan.