Ryuu96 said:
Yup. I think CMA dropped the Console SLC because of the Maths error and once it was corrected they had absolutely no way of claiming an SLC. I think they were maybe worried about their near perfect record and a mistake as big as this had a strong chance of CAT actually siding against them for once, which would have been a large stain on their history, a pretty large fumble and very well spotted by Microsoft. As soon as Microsoft pointed it out we were all like "Yup, this is heading to CAT" Basically they couldn't keep the error in because CAT would smack it down but once they fixed the error, it destroys their already weak SLC claim. Could have been maybe the first? example of CAT siding against CMA with an error that large. Now we're left with just Cloud SLC and really that would be a very stupid block so I think they take what they can get and take the concessions, maybe push Microsoft a little further but ultimately approve. There may be a chance that CMA/EC work together on this. |
Yes the math error seems to be the obvious culprit but the CMA could have fixed the issue but kept the same conclusion, which would not be unheard of in politics. I still thinks the overwhelming support from UK dev scenes helped to get them to change their stance.
The cloud issue is potentially already resolved by MS recent deals in this regards but the CMA will only label them as such with their conclusion in the case of an approval.
