Ryuu96 said:
Nah, I wouldn't blame Microsoft or the Judge, I think Microsoft's case was strong even if there was one or two holes in the Cloud defence, I think they did almost as good as you can expect and nobody really fucked up but it only takes one small idea to sow doubt into the Judges mind, nobody knows what she is thinking and she will come to her own determination, if she thinks the Cloud is a market then there's not much Microsoft can argue to say it isn't. Microsoft has shown her all the benefits to other Cloud providers even if that scenario happens but she may not think it's good enough for the future market, there isn't much more Microsoft can do there, they offered a Cloud deal to everyone, aside from Amazon, Lol. I do think if this deal is blocked based on the Cloud though, I think there's a real possibility that it could actually kill the Cloud Market or be the start of its death. Google has already ditched it, a trillion dollar company couldn't put the investment it, Amazon is barely trying and not even putting their own titles into Luna sometimes, another trillion dollar company struggling. Microsoft is another trillion dollar company struggling to grow Cloud Gaming and it's currently losing them money, why would they continue to invest into Cloud Gaming if it's going to cripple their growth opportunities in multiple other segments? GeForce Now is a trillion dollar company struggling to get support from publishers. If these trillion dollar companies are struggling to make it work then how can the tiny companies be expected to make it work? At least this 10 year deal gives them all a huge leg-up in the industry to give them a chance in the market, and there is absolutely zero guarantee they would have got it without this acquisition, Activision have made clear they aren't interested, there is also zero guarantee that Activision wouldn't just give their entire library to the highest bidder and thus cut out all other Cloud competitors, in fact I would argue that is the most likely scenario for a money grubbing company like Activision. Not to mention these companies need very expensive infrastructure too, maybe these content deals allow them to focus more on investing into infrastructure in the meantime and grow their services. It really feels like to protect a "future" "maybe" market, we may end up shooting it in the knee right at the start. |
This deal is 100% procompetitive in that. If this deal wasnt done and if Activision decided to sell their IP to cloud gaming what companys would be able to buy them? Ms and amazon etc. The smaller start ups would be f**ked. How could they hope to compete with Amazon or MS?. This deal helps them by giving them start ups access to some of the biggest gaming IP's in the industry something they would never of got otherwise.
