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EpicRandy said:

Ryuu96 said:

The takes are hot and flowing today.

Anyways it's (imo) odd to point to what a market may (or may not) look like in ten years to block something today.

And the cloud market isn't growing all that fast. Whole thing seems a bit off. Oh well, off to appeal everyone goes.

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) April 26, 2023

A ludicrous result, particularly based on only the cloud gaming piece that survived, but, as they say, the journey continues. https://t.co/tjBcxOU4Y6

— Richard Hoeg (@HoegLaw) April 26, 2023

Lol. Seems everyone thinks CMA's decision is dumb and baffling, aside from fanboys.

Still don't rate their chances against CAT. UK is a broken country

Kill off xCloud to pass the deal, it'd be hilarious because it would actually hurt the market even more but why should Microsoft even keep xCloud alive if they aren't allowed to acquire any more major IPs for it? If I'm thinking as a business and I see xCloud, a tiny, insignificant market, is hurting my ability to grow my overall business, I would question if it's worth keeping it around.

I don't think it is.

Have been thinking about this too, and MS might only need to kill Xcloud in UK, but this would only be feasible if EC doesn't block it either.

CMA mention about wanting the remedies to apply worldwide so I assume xCloud would have to be killed worldwide too, CMA is acting like a worldwide regulator and deciding on behalf of everyone else whilst not wanting to bother to monitor behavioural remedies, Lol.

Just do it at this stage, ironically CMA would end up damaging the Cloud Gaming market but what is the point for Microsoft to keep investing in it at this stage.

Imagine if Sony was blocked from acquiring a well known VR developer because Microsoft may enter the VR market at some point, maybe, it's a growing market!

Feels a bit like FTC's failed block attempt on Meta acquiring a VR Fitness App, Lol. Except maybe worse because the Cloud Gaming market is barely a market right now.