Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard King for $69 Billion on 2023-10-13
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And 5 of them number among the scotus.The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order.
Silent_Buddha
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Or all 9 if you consider that all 9 are "interested in the current state of the legal order."
Just because a person is a conservative or a libertarian and happens to also be interested in the legal order doesn't mean they are part of the Federalist Society. In which case it's possible 0 of them are among the SCOTUS. Regards,
SB
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Johnny Awesome
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Yes, their deep love of all things video games is legendary
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If true, I wonder if even Microsoft can stop the exodus there and right the ship?
Without Microsoft, it's probably hopeless.
Shame considering Blizzard was once a shining example of how to develop games the right way.
Regards,
SB
YbarraThis is political and I expect it is in tanteem with MS's lobbying and retaliation, sending a strong message back to Sony for daring interfere as a corporate psychological warfare..
Under that definition, Nintendo owns 100% of the lower end console market in Japan, excluding Sony and MS and thus it needs to be challenged. Makes sense? Not by a longshot.
These companies focus on different product strengths thats why they manage to co-exist in Japan. MS's presence is a combination of self emiliation, and elimination by consumer response in the Japanese market.
MS is facing the same challenges in many EU countries as well, where Sony cannot be considered a local company but both Sony and Nintendo thrive but MS hugely underperforms. There MS and the US government cannot find arguments to create a case but it is what is happening more or less in Japan as well. The fact that Sony and Nintendo are local companies in Japan is circumstancial and the interpretation of Sony excluding Nintendo is contextual but nonsensical. Nintendo choose to operate differently and has nothing to do with Sony excluding Nintendo. Nintendo also receives games that are released either exclusively on Switch or on PS but not XBOX. In addition it is not up to US to decide and interpret how japanese companies compete in Japan.
Agreements between the countries say otherwise. I'm not saying that I think Sony is being monopolistic, nor am I saying I agree with the specific rules in the specific agreements, just that such agreements exist.
Which agreements specifically?
Again, I think it's a bit of a stretch that this agreement applies to exclusivity in the console space, but the agreement does exist, and is the once cited by US lawmakers as the one Japan/Sony are in violation of. Regardless, a trade agreement does give all parties involved the ability to decide and interpret how companies compete in their home region if there are provisions for it. This one does, as most do.
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