| VersusEvil said: Soon? You mean the dash they’ve been testing since last September? Say it ain’t so. So it looks like the Clown Lawsuit (“GaMrEs†Lawsuit) were caught using ChatGPT … and that is one of the funniest fucking things I’ve read all week. |
Not "caught" as they didn't exactly hide it which makes it even more embarrassing, might as well ask ChatGPT to write up their entire legal case for them, Lol. Hope the judge makes them pay Microsoft's legal fees, it's clearly a troll lawsuit at this stage. Where are these dudes getting their money from...
The argument starts with an utter absurdity: "Microsoft's acquisition of [ABK] is the latest step in a long-term strategic plan to ... monopolize ... and starve its platform-side competitors from sufficient Triple-A gaming content."
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) April 25, 2023
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I strongly doubt that there is substance to that claim. All of the evidence has been available to regulators like the FTC, CMA, and EC. But there has been no indication whatsoever that Microsoft seriously believed it would put PlayStation out of business.
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) April 25, 2023
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They stress that "Congress authorized private Plaintiffs threatened with loss or harm from the loss of competition, to seek and obtain injunctive relief". But which merger got enjoined that way? They cite to a case where the State of California was the plaintiff 😂
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) April 25, 2023
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"the merger will substantially lessen competition and will tend to create a monopoly"
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) April 25, 2023
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"Microsoft purchased the developer largely to acquire Playground’s Forza, a Triple-A racing game" => according to Wikipedia, that developer only made Xbox (and Windows) games even prior to being acquired. Doesn't sound like a single-platforming/foreclosure story to me.
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) April 25, 2023
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"if ... made exclusive to Xbox and Windows, those Plaintiffs that play ... on the PlayStation would ... no longer have access ... or ... forced to purchase their less desirable console, or migrate to their less desirable platform" $500 is not irreparable harm
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) April 25, 2023
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