| NintendoPie said: i fail to see how this is a win for the consumers and gaming fans? legitimately wondering as i see corporate oligopolies/massive mergers as net-negatives for the consumer, so i'm confused by the general sentiment here. is this not similar to what disney and NBC have done in the movie/sports/television industry? and i thought we all thought that was a bad thing? late-stage capitalism vibes? i also must profess, i certainly do not care about the possible "harm" done to sony. in fact, the judge's comment in regards to the FTC's supposed purpose of defending the consumer and not mega-corporations caught me off-guard, as wouldn't allowing the deal to go through be, in essence... defending a major corporation over the consumer? interested to hear people's thought process on why this is a good development. |
I personally view it as a negative. But talking about the court cases and the FTC, the concern is whether it should be a legal thing. As you've pointed out, it's similar to what Disney and NBC have done so, it's a little hard to make the case it should be illegal here, and apparently, the FTC has not done a good job of making the distinction.
