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Microsoft's lawyers, damn. Basically explained why almost every concern of the CMA was flawed but also provided a solution and often a very generous solution and CMA listened to them for a long time. I really can't see how CMA can justify blocking this. They're bending over backwards with these remedies. Every concern is addressed thoroughly, there is no legal basis to block the deal but I still can't call it, I'm about 50/50.
Royalty-free worldwide licences to the Cloud contracts they recently negotiated. They basically use CMA's own arguments against them when they asked if Microsoft will offer the contracts to new console entries, basically a "well, you never mentioned them before and only spoke about Sony, you even dismissed Nintendo but nevertheless we gave Nintendo a contract"
There's a ton of safeguards, offering to pay the costs of the monitoring and for another agency to do it other than CMA, allowing that monitor to block Microsoft from releasing CoD unless PlayStation has parity but even going as far to develop PlayStation specific features such as haptics. Microsoft pointed out that CMA accepted independent adjudicators in other remedy packages too.
"At the Remedies Hearing the CMA asked Microsoft whether developing games for future new versions of PlayStation might raise concerns in terms of Microsoft having access to Sony's confidential information."
...Microsoft owns Minecraft, CMA...
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 21 March 2023
