EU antitrust commission to object to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision

17 January 2023
The EU commission has set April 11 as the final deadline for its decision.

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Vegetaholic, 19 Jan 2023Lol, Single player games are the ones who driving entire in... moreNot true. Many people on and xbox and playstation dont buy the console. Just for the exclusives. Like my couisn that has a ps4 but never really bought exclusives just cuz. He did have uncharted 3 and 4 and spiderman. But thats about it. 99% of the time hed be on cod or some other game. He wouldnt even finish those games either just to be on other games. Some people buy watever they can or want just to play games.

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    • t5U
    • 20 Jan 2023

    Actually this is one way how EU makes money. They always arm-twist American companies.

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      • 19 Jan 2023

      Nemesis, 19 Jan 2023Sony is buying studios. But Microsoft trying to buy whole c... moreSony doesn't even have to buy studios to enforce draconian exclusive agreements, that's their bread and butter, not just first-party exclusives. And that's the whole antitrust justification, consumers getting stifled of choice -- the definition of what Sony and their exclusives did for decades, especially in Europe. So yeah, the EU commission is most definitely blind to what is affecting EU consumers.

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        • 19 Jan 2023

        Anonym, 18 Jan 2023Much like the EU commission's blindness towards Apple,... moreSony is buying studios. But Microsoft trying to buy whole corporations. It makes so much difference. So EU commission is not blind. Microsoft is greedy and can't play fair.

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          • 19 Jan 2023

          EU bullshit yet again, there are not issues with this take over given the idiots who runs them now, change of hand to Microsoft actually made things positive for over all gamers.

            BrianCoriour, 18 Jan 202399% of sony games are single player and if they got multipl... moreLol, Single player games are the ones who driving entire industry. You people really are uneducated if you think all gaming is all about multiplayer cheap releases every year. God of War, Uncharted, Last of us gets released once in five years bu they all do sell millions of copies and build massive fan base. These games exactly why people buying playstation consoles in first play, heck they even releasing Last of Us show to flying start that's how many fans these games has. It's all about single player experiences, not about some shitty call of duty multiplayers which come and go every year :)

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              • 18 Jan 2023

              Hope this not happen.
              Blizzard along with Bethesda and maybe Westwood is like best game maker company.
              If this happens to be true they will ruin Blizzard and all upcomming games.

                Vegetaholic, 17 Jan 2023Little child premonitions. You obviously have no clue what ... more99% of sony games are single player and if they got multiplayer then they never good. I never hear people talk about uncharted and last of us multiplayer and so on.

                Most sony exclusives will be played till finished and thats it. And just do nothing since they have no free roam. Only 1 i know is spiderman and thats it. Once u done u done. Its not like u can make content of hanging people and killing them or slinging them to the road to get hit by a car or anything. What content will u bring from that game. Wat fight the same goons that are in the streets randomly which youve done to beat the game ?

                  ae86, 18 Jan 2023how is $100b barely alive 😭 is this the effect of corpo... more$100 billion is nothing to a big company that has people to pay that are in the thousands, products to produce and make, and purchase exclusive content, and also to make phones and tv and so on. Cuz SONY is SONY so Sony is the whole thing including PS. So yea $100 billion is nothing.

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                    • 18 Jan 2023

                    Much like the EU commission's blindness towards Apple, now they are also blind to Sony's continued practices of gobbling-up software houses to make exclusives.

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                      • 18 Jan 2023

                      Kinda similar to the Nvidia-Arm acquisition?

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                        • X5u
                        • 18 Jan 2023

                        I hope Microsoft succeed. Game pass is a game changer and the future.

                          BrianCoriour, 17 Jan 2023Sony is barely alive at $100 billion+ while microsoft is $2... more you say 100+ billion dollar Sony corporation will go bankrupt if they lose cod exclusive players huh?

                          Lmao best joke of today lol🤡🤡🤡🤡

                            Whatever MS hold their hands on something they ruin it! (Nokia)

                            Blocking this deal will actually help the market survive.

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                              BrianCoriour, 17 Jan 2023Sony is barely alive at $100 billion+ while microsoft is $2... morehow is $100b barely alive 😭

                              is this the effect of corporate propagandas? $100b market cap for a corporation is still low?

                              ... i can't- 😭

                                Anonymous, 17 Jan 2023Sony know they’ll lose billions of revenue if the deal goes... moreThis is very true, but they're whining to the FTC that xBox is getting something good and trying to prevent it. FTC, Google and NVIDIA = Sony's parents. Nintendo should step in and save xBox

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                                  • 18 Jan 2023

                                  something... something about this making me think Sony has something to do with this kekek (Sony is is notorious for blocking Xbox before)

                                  anyway as someone who plays cod on playstation this is somewhat a relief

                                    This would be a great start for Microsoft to enter into Mobile OS again. I'm so tired and sick with the duopoly of Appl and Google. I hope this will go through but they will not remove the Game from Android and iOS. Just get the Windows on Mobile back and bring all games into it, optimise it to its hardware and software and bring exclusive features to it. Let's say a free Xbox game pass on Windows Mobile. 😍

                                      BrianCoriour, 17 Jan 2023Sony is barely alive at $100 billion+ while microsoft is $2... moreLittle child premonitions. You obviously have no clue what you talking about. Sony is massive conglomerate, it does not solely depend on gaming. Even if it looses Activision, Sony is a console king, beating Microsoft in revenues by long margin. Who gives a fuck about COD these days? Sony has so many games losing COD would be fraction of the existing portfolio. They would be still console kings, it would just benefit Microsoft in other end to solidify some cash on the established franchises,like COD and diablo series and give some ground for rivaling Sony, there is no way Activition would affect Sony popularity in any way to drive them to bankruptcy, or you think 100% of gamers only play COD? 🤣

                                        Anonymous, 17 Jan 2023Sony know they’ll lose billions of revenue if the deal goes... moreSony is barely alive at $100 billion+ while microsoft is $2 trillion+. If sony lost activision. Sony would go bankrupt and not exist anymore. Itll be a sega thing again.

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