gtotheunit91 said:
EpicRandy said:
I have a similar take on this, FTC must review merger and can act upon merger but may still sue any established entity for anti-competitive practice or for other reasons.
Maybe here they believe, and like MS stated in the past, the resulting entity will not have a significant enough share of the market to justify being blocked but pre-emptively sue MS in a bid to force them to sell what they think will confer them to much power aka CoD.
if this logic is sound then the suit would fall with no consequence if the deal does not conclude due to any other regulatory body otherwise suing pre-emptily may allow the FTC to act in time and reduce opportunity for MS to use CoD anti-competitive potential and force them to sell the franchise.
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Sell CoD to who? lol
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Essentially to the highest bidder.
I don't think an absence of potential buyer is relevant to the FTC as of now, also a court order may have limited scope like forcing MS to sell a controlling 50% share of the franchise enabling more potential buyers and even Sony to acquire some/all of the remaining share.
Also you have to consider that if your forced to sell something that have no buyer, unless the court themselves fixed a value, the value of said something would fall until a buyer is found.
Last edited by EpicRandy - on 08 December 2022
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