Xbox Acquisition |OT5| Talking Exclusively About Xbox Acquisitions

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If you just look at the deal at face value there is no resonable basis to deny the acquisition. As you say, Microsoft would nowhere near holding a monopolistic position, or even threaten one with the deal, plus the videogame industry is still far less consolidated than other forms of media and is still rapidly growing.

The only way the deal is denied is due to regulators being fearful of big-tech and really broadening the criteria they are looking at, although I think this would leave the decision on far more shaky legal ground. It would also signal that regulators might as well just break up the big tech companies because clearly they think they are already too big. Microsoft buying Activision is hardly the crossing of the Rubicon as to when you decide they are too big.

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I changed the OT name.

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We heard rumors of an Avalanche…… instead we got a Blizzard….

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Hammer meet nail, the rest of the “noise” online by the emotional gamers and “journalists” is just hilarious when you consider the actual facts here. And any additional acquisition moves by Tencent or Sony prior to this deal with Activision Blizzard closing only strengthens all of this of course.

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Zedox…

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Always a joy to read your take on things. Thanks for sharing.:grin:

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Xbox has been very quiet. Wonder when they’ll buy something. :smirk:

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Ha, love the title. It’s perfect.

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Anyone else hoping take two is outbid by Facebook for Zynga? Would help tank their share price😂

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Satya would swoop in like a hawk.

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Thank GOD

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We’ll call him Tony!

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:phil_lmao:

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Always appreciate the well-articulated thoughts by our local professor :slight_smile:

No Prog, we’re not :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

And I changed the title to something a little more appropriate, given you bastards’ insatiable appetites :slight_smile:

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Not yet. XD

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Bring the regulators over how Sony was under pricing the PS1 and PS2, selling at loss rather than at even or profit day one like videogame only companies used to do, as they was using their multibillion multi segment power to be able to afford losses. That screwed Sega and Nintendo but who cares?

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It’s pretty crazy that even after buying Activision, MS will still be #3 in gaming revenue. That gap was huge.

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So they run the worst Monopoly ever? Damn

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