How much do you think Sony paid Ms. Miller to say that?
The word monopoly has no fucking meaning when thrown around this frivolously.
Theyve worked with the firm in past producing movies
I wonder why they would post something like this
The press release makes valid points about the Apple-Google mobile platform duopoly, but shows fundamentalâin fact, shockingâmisconceptions in two other respects. I regret to say that an organization that doesnât understand the relevant markets
But the press release is off base in the following respects:
- The organization says that Microsoftâs acquisition of Activision Blizzard King "will undermine the vitality of an important sector of the American economy and consolidate the video game industry into a small group of firms who control walled gardens of content, data, and advertising."That is ridiculous because the video game industry is fragmentedâand will be post-merger. The numbers such as the Herfindahl-Hirschman index, which is computated based on the distribution of market shares in a given industry, just donât support the American Economic Liberties Projectâs claim.
The press release also says that â[t]he right response to one set of monopolies â Apple and Google â is not to further entrench another monopoly â Microsoft â to fight them.â First, itâs nonsensical to warn against âentrench[ing] another monopoly.â What market? If there is any market in which Microsoft has huge market power, itâs certainly none of the markets in which Activision Blizzard King is active
Theres more in here tackling the American EL arguments
Not a single word on Microsoft allowing unions, both in the future at ABK and currently at Zenimax/Bethesda. This reads as someone who is so twisted up about social reform that they are willing to throw people under the bus to get their way how they think it should be, instead of accepting the progress being made in the system.
Freaking tankies!
The thing I canât believe is Sony is still trying to make the same argument:
I get that with ten years, they will still have to play nice with Xbox within those ten years or Xbox could decide not renew that arrangement, however if they stopped being nasty in the first place it wonât be a problem!
Where are all those timed exclusives like FF & Kena?
You went deep into the garbage can to find this. Not directing anything negative to you, just the publication.
Grrr⌠I canât read this.
It wonât let me click âNah, Iâm goodâ or âOh, go on thenâ. So I also canât close the privacy/cookies notification.
Ive let our website gurus know
Thanks
Whereâs the info on the FTC meeting
Itâs going to be hilarious when the acquisition goes through and every platform has COD for the next decade except for PlayStation. LMFAO!!!
Microsoft should definitely get a deal done with the Epic Game Store and GeForce Now. Is there anyone else left excluding Sony?
Luna and GOG
Those should be doable especially GOG since CDPR owns it right? Imagine Microsoft reaches agreements with ALL of them except Sony and they donât even get COD because they decided to have a stick up their asses. Oh man, that shit will be so damn funny, I would probably piss and shit myself. lmao
Regardless of what happens, COD will end up on Playstation. Thereâs no way Sony will forego all of that revenue and the same applies to MS.
Yeah, probably but if im Microsoft and Sony doesnât want to agree to the deal, then I would tell them to go fuck themselves. Besides, with every other platform having the game, it wouldnât matter if PlayStation doesnât because the vast majority of those who play COD on PlayStation will easily jump to one of the other 5 or so platforms that would have COD.
Iâm sure if things donât go Sonyâs way and the acquisition goes through, MS will still offer them the 10 year deal and theyâll take it.
Iâll admit it would be hilarious if Sony balked at the deal and tried to play hard ball and MS just walks away. I think Playstation fans would finally chase Jim Ryan out of SOA HQ.