Watching video from Hoeg, I think Microsoft will stop using “case by case” basis and will be more direct with their statements going forward.
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I think the beast is tired of being gentle.
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I def think they should be. They keep hinting at their rationale in bits n pieces for how they do their decision making and pretty much outright said it in a footnote recently. They should just come out to be explicitly clear. I get that they can’t really just say ‘CoD on PSX forever!’ but they can publicly commit to offering Sony explicit terms every 3 yrs.
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At this point Microsoft should just say they’re gonna cancell CoD so Playstation can stop crying about it. Then they just change the name of the franchise. Done, I solved the problem.
Its getting kinda boring seeing the UK be so incompetent on this topic while Brazil, literally one of the most corrupt goverments in the world did the best job at analizing this deal, wich is what their job is…
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I was curious so I checked out the budgets for CADE compared to CMA. Budget for CADE is 10 million USD and for CMA it is 100 million. How does the least funded understand gaming while the more funded one does not understand gaming?
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I think CADE is run by younger people (according to somebody on Twitter). So they might be more aware more of gaming.
Though FTC shows the example that being young does not mean that you are realistic.
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2023 - xbox announces Call of duty is cancelled forever
2024 - xbox announces new ip, Duty calls
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One simple hack to get around acquisition concessions, regulators hate it
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Beckon of Obligation
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Summon From Army
While Brazil is known for being corrupt, I do believe they have some of the strongest consumer protections in the world. CADE is probably very in tune with what is going on in general.
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Call of Duty is dead.
Long live Duty on Call. lol
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You guys are making it too complicated:
Calls of Duty
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Shorten it up:
Duty
I feel like this interview is very targetted in trying to set the stage for concessions that Microsoft is preparing to make with the CMA. Phil brought up several areas that the regulators can now grasp onto.
Regulators can now latch onto that price raise quote from Phil. That seems like an easy area for them to target and for Microsoft to concede holding pricing for X years to protect consumers.
Regulators will also likely latch onto the firm statements from Microsoft about Call of Duty. If Microsoft is so serious about it being multiplatform then regulators will likely ask Microsoft to put it on paper.
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Quite interesting Microsoft have started talking about their own store to compete with the Apple and Google stores. Sort of saying we need to spend a lot of money to try and compete with two giant marketplaces you haven’t regulated properly that have created a duopoly and are actively blocking competition while exploiting those who publish on those platforms. By possibly blocking the deal you(the regulators) are stopping companies from trying to compete with them
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Everything about the acquisition is so focused on Call of Duty that it’s easy to forget it’s just one slice of the cake. Microsoft doesn’t just buy CoD, but the future that many didn’t want them to have.
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