Geforce now requires you to buy the game. Im not sure what them allowing or disallowing it really matters.
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Not being able to follow along much today. How is it looking? MS still in control?
Basically. Itâs just Bobby going through financial reason on certain decisions like why no games on Switch under his reign.
This FTC attorney is better than the previous ones but still not great. Sheâs not really presenting or establishing anything that hasnât been well established by now.
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I donât understand the point of this questioning. Yeah I think the FTC might have convinced the judge that CoD would release on a Nintendo console in the future absent the merger, but how does that impact anything?
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Are they currently on a break?
Yes 15 min break
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They are trying to break apart the narrative that supporting Nintendo hinges on the deal going through.
The big difference is Bobby refused to commit before seeing the specs where MS has already committed publicly and with a contract.
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It doesnât matter though lol. They havenât made any headway that the deal is even potentially illegal. In fact, convincing the judge that it will come in the future to Nintendo means that Nintendo is clearly in the market which destroys the high performance market argument.
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Itâs just funny because they keep trying to say that Nintendo is irrelevant and not a part of the market, but now they are somehow very important.
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I was going to say the same thing, proving that it may come to nintendo anyway is pointless because they dont consider Nintendo part of the market. So why bother.
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What it shows is the stark arrogance thatâs accompanied Sony for decades, as often does with market leaders and other affluenza-types that have no attachment to reality. They are owed and deserve everything, in their mindsâŚ
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I agree, I was just explaining what they were attempting, not that they were successful lol. For better or worse, these attorneys have to do the best with the hand they are given. They certainly could have done a better job and like you said, they havenât done anything to prove the deal should be blocked.
Exactly, this is maybe FTC first âwinâ or at least, sensible argument
The problem is by going down this direction itâs opened up more problems for them
It shows how poor the FTCâs case has been up until now that this is consdiered a âwin.â Techincally they made a point, but it actually undermines their whole assertion that Nintendo does not compete in the same market.
Itâs not even a win, it has nothing to do with the deal being anti competitive and it wasnât even a definitive. Thereâs certainty that COD will go to Nintendo with the deal, thereâs the potential that it could if it falls through.
Thatâs what I mean, even if it was a sensible argument, it goes against what they were already arguing with the high performance stuff, they are just contradicting themselves
But regardless, none of what they are arguing is talking about harm so I donât see the point
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I donât think that should be considered a win. They were coherent but didnât really establish anything thatâs definitive.
Would help if Bobby would take his head out of his ass. Weâd probably hear him better.
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Good heâs done and they are back on Liz.
$408m payout for Kotik 
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âThank you very muchâ was the clearest thing Bobby said during this whole testimony.
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