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SegaHeart said:

Ryuu96 said:

Same. Though, I think EC will pass it, I'm still not confident in CMA since they've blocked a lot of stuff lately and they rarely do behavioural remedies which is the only thing that Microsoft can realistically offer, they will not divest. So, I'm at this stage assuming it will be blocked, I think most should do the same to save the disappointment, things are not going well and it's hard to comeback from being targeted by a major regulator.

It really sucks for the workers at ABK, I feel most sorry for them, FTC can't pretend to give a shit about unions anymore, it's annoying from a consumer standpoint, it's annoying from a regulatory standpoint, I'm all in favour of FTC pummelling certain big tech companies who abuse their positions but Microsoft wasn't that and they're wasting their limited money and time on a wild goose chase just to get a weak win.

We should want better from our regulatory bodies, they should actually have to put a bit of research in and actual facts, all this tells me is that FTC is pretty useless at their jobs and gives me no confidence that they will be able to take on actual market abusers such as Amazon or God help them if they try to take on Google/Apple's app stores, Lol.

If Activision does fail who do you want Microsoftr acquire?

Sega would be good for extra PC and Japanese support and likely fly under regulatory scrutiny. Certain Affinity and Skybox Labs can do original IPs but they're vital for Halo support, if Xbox loses CoD then they absolutely need to start tripling down on Halo. Asobo and IO Interactive are just brilliant original IP studios.

I'd go after those first, I'd do a bunch of individual studio acquisitions first, all under $1bn to avoid regulation, so we don't have to wait months for a publisher acquisition to close again and then I would go after Sega or Capcom (if possible) but I think anything above those guys is going to get blocked at this stage.

I do think Microsoft will still try to find a large mobile capable studio to make up for King a little but so many of them are already owned.