Microsoft-Activision-Blizzard Discussion Thread (Part 1)

[Jorge_Alexander_Acos (Jorge Alexander Acosta Duarte)]

@Cairnst

For anyone not up to date - April 28th (today if you are in the UK) is the day the Activision shareholders are set to vote on the deal.

considering their recent results…this seems like a 100% approval.

[Jorge_Alexander_Acos (Jorge Alexander Acosta Duarte)]

Activision is trading at an even lower point with $76.10 for their shares. I know they just underperformed and NASDAQ is down as well so shareholders will be a wary but…could this speak troubles with the acquisition @Knottian ?

[BRiT]

@Jorge_Alexander_Acos

Activision is trading at an even lower point with $76.10 for their shares. I know they just underperformed and NASDAQ is down as well so shareholders will be a wary but…could this speak troubles with the acquisition @Knottian ?

All the more reason for the shareholders to want to be acquired.

[Knottian (Daniel)]

@Jorge_Alexander_Acos

Activision is trading at an even lower point with $76.10 for their shares. I know they just underperformed and NASDAQ is down as well so shareholders will be a wary but…could this speak troubles with the acquisition @Knottian ?

Echoing what @BRiT is saying here; shareholders will have likely been provided forecasts of just how much of a downturn would occur should the acquisition fail to go through, so at this point, it really is in their best interests to vote in favor.

[Jorge_Alexander_Acos (Jorge Alexander Acosta Duarte)]

@Knottian

Echoing what @BRiT is saying here; shareholders will have likely been provided forecasts of just how much of a downturn would occur should the acquisition fail to go through, so at this point, it really is in their best interests to vote in favor.

Thanks for your insight man. Lets hope this acquisition closes this year!

[TheBrightestSun]

@Jorge_Alexander_Acos

…https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-27/google-sees-microsoft-as-model-to-beat-antitrust-lawsuit

There’s a serious case of Microsoft envy going around Silicon Valley. While Google parent Alphabet Inc. and its peers—Apple, Amazon, and Facebook—have been dragged through the political mud during the “techlash,” Microsoft has stayed clean. It sat out the marathon congressional hearings on the industry’s ills. New bills designed to curb tech’s market power don’t touch much of Microsoft’s business, even though it’s the U.S.’s second most valuable company.

Other giants are literally involved in the same activities that had MS sued in 90s. Why are they acting surprised?

[Sparda3g]

Overwatch

Dead franchise? Are you sure it’s not those who wants it dead because of what’s going to happen soon, let alone coming from ABK?

[TheBrightestSun]

@Sparda3g

Dead franchise? Are you sure it’s not those who wants it dead because of what’s going to happen soon, let alone coming from ABK?

Microsoft will have a lot of big franchises that they can leverage. A lot of GaaS games too.

[Vivir]

Jason Schreier

[Proven]

@Vivir

This Tweet:

[DARK-PARADISE]

@Vivir

With Activision shares trading 25% below Microsoft’s offer, Wall Street certainly believes the deal will fail

How does this make sense? Isn’t it supposed to be the other way around?

[TheBrightestSun]

@Vivir

What?

[Vivir]

@DARK-PARADISE

With Activision shares trading 25% below Microsoft’s offer, Wall Street certainly believes the deal will fail

How does this make sense? Isn’t it supposed to be the other way around?

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1519671283524452352?s=21&t=tuAD6sGiiHTOi_HtJx1BMA

[proelitedota (Andrew)]

@Vivir

Does this make any sense? Wall Street is simply waiting on more news like everyone else.

[TheBrightestSun]

@Vivir

No, it does not suggest that.

[Zonky]

@Vivir

It won’t fail, the gaming market is different to how other markets have fared with the FTC.

[proelitedota (Andrew)]

@Zonky

It won’t fail, the gaming market is different to how other markets have fared with the FTC.

FTC may very decide to block the deal, but if MS is committed, they’ll win without concessions in court.

[TheBrightestSun]

@proelitedota

FTC may very decide to block the deal, but if MS is committed, they’ll win without concessions in court.

FTC might decide, but it is not in their interest to go to the courts because they can’t win there.

[Boosted_Gear]

I have yet to read the article, but did they precise if Wall Streetthink the deal will fail with the shareholders or the FTC ?

[Paxton]

Lol, if FTC blocks I imagine that MS will do a hellfire (diablo expansion too lol), an idle mind is the devil’s workshop, they will drag everyone involved into their own hypocrisy including letting their part pass the Tencent acquisition of Sumo Digital.