It definitely has a lot of capability. There is a firm offering 10 million to anyone that will use an AI lawyer to argue at the supreme court
Side note if anyone hasnt seen its ability to code, its insanely good. It knows so many languages. Definitely needs a hand and direction and told when its not correct, but I’ve made some really cool stuff in Python and even decided to mess with it to code in cobalt because thats such an issue for aging infrastructure.
I know I’m out of my depth with most of this stuff, so feel free to give a sensible chuckle to anything I’m about to say, but If I was MS, this is how I approach offering remedies:
(Read this in your best car salesman voice)
Ok CMA, we’ve read your concerns and we’re not going to lie, we get it. In fact, we get it so much we’re willing to offer you a deal we think you won’t be able to refuse. It’s a deal so good, we would offer it to our own family it’s that good.
When it comes to Call of Duty, the best way to play it is natively on a game console of your choice. Don’t like Xbox? No problem! Love saying “Playstation Better”? No problem! You prefer the console of choice for Italian plumbers everywhere? Bam! You got it! We’re so committed to this idea that we’re offering a ten, that’s right TEN! year deal to any console or platform that can realistically run Call of Duty. But wait, you might be thinking “gee that sure sounds good, but what stops you from making the game a lesser experience on other platforms?”. And there, my friends is the magic of this deal. It’s in the contract! We’ll release Call of Duty day and date to other platforms with the same content and the same modes. Obviously there might be some small differences here there based on hardware limitations, but we’ll do our best to give the same experience wherever you decide to play. Best of all? All your progression will carry over to wherever you decide to play. No charges, it just works, so you’re never locked in to one ecosystem. Pretty cool right?
We heard you had some issues regarding cloud gaming. Well, you’re in luck! While the cloud market is still growing, we’ve positioned ourselves to be a main player. Hey, can’t fault us for being smart now can you? You see those other guys, Sony? Yeah you let them buy a bunch of cloud streaming companies a while back, and while they took their shot being the only company in town, they decided to leave the market. Hey, not our fault, it’s a tough business out there. But, since this is apparently a concern to you now, we’re ready to make a similar ten year deal to put Call of Duty onto any game streaming service. Geforce Now? Done! Amazon’s streaming service? Done! Playstation NOW? If they revive it, done! Google Stadia, if they revive it? Done! In fact, we’re so committed to this idea that any company of a predetermined size with an agreed upon infrastructure capable of delivering a suitable playing experience (based on 3rd party experts of course) that decides to get into the game streaming… well, game will also get to have Call of Duty. Now that’s a sweet deal if we’ve ever heard one!
Alternatively, if you don’t like our previous suggestion, for the next ten years we’d be willing to hold off putting Call of Duty into our own streaming service for a full year after release. After that first year we would also be willing to engage in fair market deals to put Call of Duty into other streaming services. We like the previous option, but we think this would help limit the impact of the game’s influence on any current or future cloud gaming market.
We think these are some great options that reasonably address your concerns, and the best part is that it’s all contract based. You don’t need to oversee anything! We break our promise? BAM, Lawsuits! I mean, this deal is so great, it feels like we’re practically giving Call of Duty away!
(I think posting this in that manner is my way of coping with the absurdity of this whole process. Also, no offense to car salesmen.) 
Tell me about it. Sony had 20+ years to create their own cloud infrastructure. Literally watched as every other big player out there built theirs from the ground up. They simply didn’t do it.
They had 20+ years to create a competent FPS that can compete with CoD. Let alone Halo. They simply didn’t do it. Instead, they leaned on an IP that wasn’t even theirs to begin with.
They had 20+ years to create a banger subscription service. They even had theirs before Gamepass was a thought. They just simply didn’t do it.
Now, they want protection for their decision to not invest in any of it. This is why people are stating the CMA is protecting Sony instead of doing their job. This is also why I endorse this deal. And I hope it goes through.
Sony didn’t do what was necessary. Instead, they got comfortable and also, caught sleeping. Microsoft isn’t responsible for that.
I wouldn´t be surprised in the slightlest.
This should be the bigger talking point this week IMO - Sony refusing to comply with a subpoena at this stage is pretty damning to their entire schmoozing efforts with regulators. Frankly, I almost want this to go to trial so people can have even more evidence of how shitty Sony is as a competitor - from their parity clauses, anti-competitive non-owned IP locking, etc.
We already have a pretty good picture from the docs released in Apple v. Epic, and their refusal to comply in this case tells me (as someone who’s been in MS’ relative shoes) they’re hiding just how predatory/anticompetitive their practices are.
I don’t know who this dude is on twitter but he is by far the most optimistic about the deal closing. Fair play to him if he is right.
This entire CMA process and decision is based on logic not facts. I’d say proving it is illogical should be easy. This is why the idea of trying to look into the future is silly since they’re just making assumptions. There are tons of gaming platforms today, but they would rather only consider Xbox and PlayStation, where is Nintendo heck the PC with Steamdeck and a number of handhelds.
You don’t have to prove it illogical. You have to prove that no other reasonable person could possibly have come to the same conclusion. That’s basically impossible. .
Whatever happens with this deal, Sony’s relationship with ABK is forever fooked
Agreed. I don’t know why many are asking that they go and buy any of these publishers that all happen to do business in the UK. Are we not watching this event in real time already. I’d say Microsoft’s approach going forward will be very different. No more UK teams and any developer they acquire must first like Square Enix drop or liquidate any of their UK assets. Also going forward, they might go after small studios.
They want the privilege of releasing campaign first than Xbox.
My point is none of it is based on facts. Reasonable person by what standard for example. We have seen 4 or more regulators examine the deal in like manner and approve it using real measurable data. When you have to use logic and not facts then you can easily make things up that sounds logical. It’s just surprising that here in the west is where we have the most backward thinking. This is why people think a real court system is needed where it’s not just logic.
Yeah, things will not be pretty. I really do not understand where Sony is coming from on things. If Call of Duty is so essential, why damage the relationship with ABK too. There’s no way ABK decides to work with them in the future. I forsee them being phased out of any work with Playstation if this falls through.
Maybe, but there is also a chance they will try to acquire stock and a board seat if the deal doesn’t go through like they have done with Epic and From Software. The deal needs to happen.
By the standard of judicial review. Which means that literally nobody could have arrived at the same conclusion. So were the EU conclusions similar…yeah…judicial review standard is incredibly high. And you have to prove it.
Acquire a board seat where everyone else on the board hates their guts, yeah that would be effective 
4 regulatory bodies that I consider reasonable have already proved the conclusion is wrong. So, it’s basically possible.