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Ryuu96 on 10 December 2022
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NobleTeam360 said:
Ryuu96 said:

    I'm happy the Azure stuff is no longer a focus and I assume by wider software they mean Windows OS.

    Their investigation was.

    • The impact of the merger on the future of cloud gaming - Azure, Windows OS.
    • The impact of the merger on multi-game subscriptions (such as competitors to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass) - Pricing, Quality, Choice.
    • The impact of the merger on other console gaming platforms - Exclusivity, Quality, Pricing.

    So it sounds like they've dumped that one, now two left.

    Though Tbh...Them being less interested in their weakest argument makes sense.

    At least it doesn't look like CMA is just going to throw every shitty argument at the wall that they can like FTC is doing.

    You think MS will maybe make a commitment to release CoD on both GamePass and PS+? (I know it's stupid because why should MS be forced to do that when they own the property but, maybe that can satisfy their concerns to get the whole deal through). Because if Xbox's overall strategy is to get deeper into mobile, CoD shouldn't be the sole factor that kills the deal. Maybe they can say they'll put CoD in with PS+ but delayed for like 6 months or something from the Xbox Game Pass release. 

    So far Microsoft hasn't offered any sort of concessions for subscription services despite Sony's complaining, it's not the regulators who come up with the concessions either, it's the party who is being investigated who has to offer them and regulators decide if they're good enough, IIRC. Which either suggests Microsoft simply doesn't want to or they don't think the regulators care much about that.

    It definitely won't be done for free if it comes down to it, I actually think Microsoft should consider it if it's a major complaint of CMA, but only if it has a price tag attached to it, Microsoft should simply say that if Sony wants CoD in PS+ then they have to pay what it's worth, which if day one like Game Pass would cost hundreds of millions, something that I don't believe Sony would do for a second, in essence, call Sony's bluff.

    The only way Sony would get it, Imo, is if it came years later and by then, the effects would be irrelevant versus the effects of having CoD in Game Pass on day one and if regulators don't trust Microsoft then they could simply get an independent third party to set the price and terms, maybe ask the thoughts of another gaming publisher, Lol.