UK blocks Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard.
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In the gaming realm? Sony has almost double the market share than Microsoft. Boosting Microsoft to be more competitive would benefit gamers. Look at PS Plus; they had to up their game to compete with Game Pass Ultimate.
Have you seen the court ruling against Activision? They have to report all board members to CA authorities and every new major hire has to come with a detailed explanation of why they didn't choose a woman, that, if it isn't good enough, CA can override and fine them.
I don't know how much was struck down for being unconstitutional since then, though.
This takeover needs to go through, there's far too much data in enemy hands if it doesn't.
The data is in enemy hands regardless. I would love to see Microsoft get saddled with the bloated, worthless mess that is AB.
Microsoft will strip out Overwatch and Call of Duty IPs and let the rest die, most likely.
If that's all Activision has, then yes let MS get saddled with bloated crud. As the only company doing well in the stock market these days, thanks to their krakenesque tentacles in many different revenue streams.
Will they do the same with Warcraft? I'd consider that a mercy kill.
At that point I would look into moving the company out of CA, that place will only get worse and end up as a portland 2nd attempt.
They might not be able to. I understand Ubisoft has accepted a lot of money from the state through the years. Who knows what bindings that money came with.
I agree. Microsoft's first move should be to move the company in-house in WA, where they have enough influence to push the state government around.
That would be fun watching Blizzard deal with an actual Blizzard. Nothing is designed for snow, so people just abandon their cars.
The reason why Microsoft is in Redmond is the company realized how corrupt the Seattle politicians were. In Redmond, the government is basically MSoft. So you have truth there, but I don't know how far that stretch can go.