Her job basically is corporate lobbying
Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard King for $69 Billion on 2023-10-13
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Microsoft is so big that has tons of employees in any usa state, all the world, and even in fictional countries like... like... Kyrat or... or... Australia
Only hassle left now is the FTC as the EU is thought to also likely rule the MS acquisition of ABK is not an issue.
Additional Links to CMA documents inside this tweet:
I guess the mathematical error the CMA made using 5 years versus 1 was corrected...
cheapchips
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I'm a bit disappointed that corporate affairs drone Meservey wasn't a bit spicier. "CMA update their provision finding by using a calculator, rather than having a 2 yr old try and calculate harm by using alphablocks"
Her job basically is corporate lobbying
Whether the company or an individual donates, at a certain point of value, the company you work for will be revealed because they will show any donators full name publicly after a certain amount - then you just route that back to who they are employed by. It would make sense that, the 60K people that MS employs in Washington have money to donate to the political candidates of their choice given their salary ranges. Typically with elections, you cannot accept donations from entities outside of the state. So yes, it would make sense the biggest contributors in Washington state will likely come from the top 10 employers from within that state, and given the wealth of MS, this is to be expected.
I get it's not a good look, but it's basically misinformation spreading. She is doing her job. It's not like the Representative of Alaska is droning on about this.
The deal will go this is sure. After profitability is not important. they won enough money in other division to make this possible. If I am Microsoft I buy Take Two next. I let the COD and GTA multiplatform this gen and I make them exclusive next gen and it will be profitable because Playstation consoles sales will goes down and they will go third party.
Maybe CMA doesnt know who Microsoft is:
Thats the company who is given away software and other solutions until it has a dominant market position...
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There is a current anti trust lawsuit from a german cloud provider against Microsoft:
www.politico.eu
Microsoft is using software to get rid of the competition.
Thats the company who is given away software and other solutions until it has a dominant market position...
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There is a current anti trust lawsuit from a german cloud provider against Microsoft:
Microsoft targeted in antitrust complaint to EU over OneDrive
German software company says Microsoft ‘pushes’ its file-hosting service OneDrive in Windows.
www.politico.eu
Microsoft is using software to get rid of the competition.
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There is a literal category of the highest grossing games in the games industry that are all free to play. I don't think MS is doing anything novel here.
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Sony have never claimed that. This circulated only in fanboy's minds and circles.
Sony's actual claim, was not much better, some weird expected entitlement to what has been lucrative profits from one franchise.
iceberg187
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I think this roller coaster is going to be coming to an end soon. Microsoft won. Lawyers were worth whatever they paid for their services.
I assume this is a well timed pause of relief for Microsoft but with Amazon's recent expansion of Luna in other territories, one has to wonder what their stance is when there are no signs yet of any agreements with them ...
They could yet become another possible opponent that Microsoft would have to face for the acquisition to gain approval. Luna already uses Windows VMs just like GFN but having external content publishers under Microsoft's control would raise their bargaining power to the point where Amazon could be the spoiler if there's no solid picture established with them ...
They could yet become another possible opponent that Microsoft would have to face for the acquisition to gain approval. Luna already uses Windows VMs just like GFN but having external content publishers under Microsoft's control would raise their bargaining power to the point where Amazon could be the spoiler if there's no solid picture established with them ...
Johnny Awesome
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Yummy: Diablo IV and Star Craft on GP.
UK’s CMA: Microsoft Right, Sony Wrong On ‘Call Of Duty’ Competition Question
Microsoft now appears to well on its way to the overall approval of its Activision Blizzard acquisition, as it’s just scored probably its largest victory yet.
www.forbes.com
As Activision commented on before, MS was offering Sony a better deal than what Activision would have offered. Sony would confirm they are acting a fool for passing up a better deal.
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