You started it, Sony. Going to use Forspoken to back it up?
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I still fail to understand how cloud gaming is a concern when there isnt even a profitable market. Additionally, xbox doesnt even sell cloud gaming its just a component of their gamepass offering.
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What does Subpoena means ?
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Itâs a legal document requiring the submittal of requested information and/or a person being subpoenaed to appear in court. This seems to be for information in this case.
The FTC case is highly dependent on markets they are establishing that are just Sony and Microsoft so it would make sense that Microsoft subpoenaed relevant information to make their case against the FTC.
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Isnt this old?
Maybe overreacting after NPD results but kinda feeling like this deal is critical for Xbox now, even if they donât get exclusives having full association eventually with COD and Blizzard games would be huge for the brand.
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Sony doesnât want to provide documents and/or witnesses Microsoft requested in Federal Trade Commission adjudicative proceeding regarding its Activision Blizzard deal
On Wednesday, I wrote that Sony may live to regret the market definition and theory of harm it espouses in connection with Microsoftâs acquisition of Activision Blizzard King (NASDAQ:ATVI), and that âthe top three priorities for third-party interrogatories and depositions will be Sony, Sony, and Sony.â Today it turned out that Sonyâdespite all of its efforts to lobby regulatory authorities over the dealâis indeed uncomfortable with its obligations as a highly relevant third party to the Federal Trade Commissionâs in-house adjudicative proceeding as well as the private antitrust lawsuit in the Northern District of California that is going forward in parallel.
Ooof, good read.
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Can Sony actually quash the subpoena when its entirely relevant to discovery and continue to oppose the case. That would be beyond disingenious.
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Hilarious. Sony has backed themselves into a corner.
Looks like this week is going to be huge for Xbox and the ABK deal. Hopefully any news doesnât overshadow the massive developer direct.
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Not directly related to the case, but the political atmosphere in the white house is of interest for the Microsoft and ABK deal. Biden got a new chief of staff whoâs background is thriving in big business and he even has a position on the Facebook board of directors. Jeff Zients is very pro business and was likely selected due to his experience leading the last major budget negotiations standoff.
Anyway the guy was on the wrong side of several ftc and doj antitrust lawsuits, so heâs definitely not going to be a fan.
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Yeah this wasnt explained, how does it affect the case?
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Forget March for stacked game lineup, April is stacked with approval determination.
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even more reasons to not block the deal
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Seems Mike Ybarra liked stack ranking at Microsoft very much and continues this at Blizzard. Not a good look.
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I remember Kotick himself was noted as having messed with the development of Overwatch 2, continually shifting developers back and forth between other projects that were quickly scrapped. This is why I am optimistic for Blizzard under Microsoft - just by being hands off and giving them creative freedom I think weâll see huge improvements to Blizzard as far as games output goes.
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But to hell with that, we need to think about CoD, according to Sony and FTC.
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fyi, Ybarra was former Microsoft employee
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