Technically four largest (USA, China, Japan and Germany-EU), I’m not sure where India stand?
There’s literally no reality where the deal doesn’t pass due to the CMA at this point, the due diligence has already been spent research alternatives - FTC’s case being demolished ensure that as reality. MS is simply playing by the book for future political capital, but if CMA has an April-level relapse, I don’t see a reality where MS doesn’t close 
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Yeah, U.S., European Union(includes Germany, the 4th largest, and France the 6th), and China, which would constitute like 60 percent or more of the entire global economy, it also doesn’t include other economic powers like Japan, South Korea etc.
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I just want this “formal” process to be extra expedite. So much time and resources had been wasted at the CMA
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Today is supposed to be news from the FTC, right? (drop the case or keep it even though it’s dead)
When I see the xbox fandom Threatening Voice actors with rape because they happen to do voice work in a game that Sony money-hatted for a year , touching themselves inappropriately in front of an Xbox in a store in broad ass daylight, sending dick pics to developers, hiring lawyers and attempting to take Sony to court for their business deal , etc , then you might have a point.
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Thank you… the obsession some have with proving some inane “both sides” narrative when the reality is anything but, is just… weird. Not all things are equal and life isn’t some zero-sum where the “bottom of the barrel” of one group automatically means another is the same
Which also leads to the next point, which I’m pretty sure the vast majority are aware of: I used bottom of the barrel intentionally as a reminder that the majority of Sony fans/gamers are lovely people who just happen to like PlayStation (and often other consoles/PC as well), just as are the majority of Xbox and Nintendo gamers. It’s important to remember that the toxic minority are never reflective of the overall population.
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So the CMA will truly become alone.
yup the cheese stands alone as they say.
Don’t flatter FTC. They’re not even a real player.
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Yeah any time the more zealous PS fans are mentioned and criticized the “both sides” people tend to come out of the wood work I notice , and to try and use King of all people as an example of this is funny. Who is clearly having fun with it to extremely toxic fanboys. Talk about disingenuous.
FTC never had a chance to begin with, they should have just done this in the first place.
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Finally doing what they was supposed to do in the first place.
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Settlement talks with the FTC should go like this:
MS: You drop your case and we’ll stop embarrassing you in court.
FTC: Ok, deal.
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Microsoft has agreed to bring back Banjo-Kazooie and Killer Instinct. The FTC is now satisfied and has cleared the deal.
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I would give them this
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But it makes sense to have them in a, uhmmm, “good place” in the shor term I guess. Maybe they do plan to close in august and dont want to deal with their shenanigans.
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And you my friend were right! We enter in the pause stage so lets hope the droo the case and stoo being a nuisance. Doubt MS will give them more than they have already offer so lets see how it goes.
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Betting that Lina Khan won’t accept Microsoft’s offer to save face. Common sense doesn’t seem to be a quality that she possesses.
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Yeah my girl thinks she is saving us from cyberpunk or something so I wouldnt be surprised either.
That or she ask MS to say sorry to sony and Jimbo for hurting their feelings or somehow make the deal woese for US consumers :v
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