FTC loses appeal on Activision Blizzard deal (yes, this is new)

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I forgot this was technically still ongoing.

Finally it’s over over.

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Well it’s not like they can argue “they’ll make it all exclusive!” anymore lol

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Also hard to argue protecting the industry/consoles when you are slapping like a 200% tariff on them.

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lol at the headline

Nearly two years after the fact. Sheesh.

Wasn’t there a group of gamers also trying to block it after it closed? They still at it?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/microsoft-settles-video-gamers-lawsuit-over-69-billion-activision-deal-2024-10-15/

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Getting political here- putting it under spoilers if you don’t want to see it:

Apparently the lawyers representing Microsoft were sacked, because of their ties to the current US administration, and replaced by a firm fighting the said administration’s moves to censure unobliging law firms.

I owe Bill Gates an Apology (Youtube @ParkrosePermaculture; set to 177 sec.)

So does this mean Xbox will try to sell and promote consoles again, along with bringing all the ABK games to GamePass :stuck_out_tongue: