| Ryuu96 said: The Monitoring of Behavioural Remedies. [...] 4.4 Adjudicator. Microsoft proposes to appoint an Adjudicator to (i) ensure compliance with the parity provisions of the remedy, with the assistance of an Objective Third Party Assessor - see section 4(ii) below; and (ii) resolve any disputes which arise in relation to Microsoft’s compliance with the undertakings – see section 4 (iii) below. The Adjudicator will be appointed at Microsoft’s own expense and will be agreed with the CMA. The Adjudicator will be suitably qualified for the role and will be required to have sufficient expertise of the gaming industry. In the case of any instances of noncompliance, Microsoft agrees to be bound by any directions or requests as may be reasonably required by the Adjudicator. Microsoft notes that an adjudicator role of this nature has been provided for in undertakings accepted by the CMA in previous cases including Bauer Media Group, Macquarie UK Broadcast Ventures / National Grid Wireless Group and Carlton/Granada. |
In other words no aunties and grannies appointed by a purely political process that are easily influenced by anyone's opinions like the CMA ;)
| Ryuu96 said: The Monitoring of Behavioural Remedies. [...] G. The Parity Decision may impose reasonable conditions which Microsoft must comply with before, or (if the Adjudicator considers it appropriate) as soon as reasonably practicable after, launching the CoD title. In serious cases of noncompliance, the Adjudicator will have the power to delay the release of the CoD title until appropriate steps have been taken to ensure compliance. The Adjudicator will have regard to the impact of any differences between the Xbox and PlayStation versions on the gaming experience for Xbox and PlayStation gamers in determining whether the parity provisions are complied with. Material differences will only be permitted if these are due to material platform limitations on the relevant PlayStation platform or solely caused by Sony. |
So Xbox Series X can still benefits from slight boost in performance and/or resolutions based on the hardware limitation without it being considered a breach of parity.
Do you know if all of this is conditional to Sony signing the deal with MS or both MS and the CMA are basically side stepping Sony's to ensure the game continue on PS consoles?
| Ryuu96 said: ^ How the hell can CMA look at that and say "not good enough" Lmfao. Edit - Cleaned it up a little, worth a read. |
Just wait for the article to come out, the same few suspect will inevitably come and tell US how much a victim Sony still remain.
Anyway great read, what an extensive resolution offered by MS, my confidence is once again really high for the deal (70%+) cause I don't see a way to block the deal without acting solely as a Sony lobbied partisan entity which would likely get sever criticism from the CAT were it to go there.
