Why Do People View the MS Acquisition of ABK as a "Good Thing?"

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LurkerJ said:

NintendoPie said:

not to agree with classicgamingwizzz as that'd be an unfortunate look but, if outside of this thread (and even this case of MS/ABK) you largely support corporatization and big-business, i don't think there'd be anything anyone could convince you of to change your mind about this one case.

i started off with a basis of being against big-business and for legal safeguards in the economy to prevent them getting too large. that's why i came with this question as i was wondering why this one case was getting much more praise than other acquisitions in recent memory. largely, i'm starting to understand now why it's not as bad as i first thought. even so, that doesn't change the fact that i'm still mainly against this type of practice and am ultimately disappointed with capitalism and its tools in general. just like how you seem to be very pro-capitalism and its tools, from what i can tell.

It's important to remember that the COD offer to SONY was limited to 3 years, this increased to 5, then to 10 and eventually to "as long as the playstation exists". A lot of these commitments were born because the acquisition was challenged and scrutinised. 

To suggest the camp that opposed the acquisition the day it was announced had no good reason or rationale to object to it is disingenuous, the EC actually shares the CMA concerns over the deal, they disagree on what they think are acceptable concessions. The EC has got further concessions from MS and the CMA seems to be in the process of doing so as well. 

It's important to remember those offerings to Sony were only a way to legally bind MS to counteract Sony's sabotage attempt with something they always knew Xbox would not do anyway as per Ryan's own words prior to any challenge and MS proposal:

“It is not an exclusivity play at all, They’re thinking bigger than that, and they have the cash to make moves like this. I’ve spent a fair amount of time with [Phil] Spencer [and] Bobby [Kotick], and I’m pretty sure we will continue to see Call of Duty on PlayStation for years to come.”

“We have some good stuff cooking. I’m not complacent, I’d rather this didn’t happen, but we’ll be OK, we’ll be more than OK.”

It's also supported by the fact no internal MS documentation/communication with ABK obtained by regulatory bodies ever mentioned that exclusivity was at play with this acquisition.

Yet I agree with you it was not disingenuous to entertain that possibility, what was disingenuous though is discarding Minecraft as a relatable example of what MS can do with the likes of CoD to push the narrative it was undoubtedly MS's plan to do so (I'm no saying you did so personally). It is also worth noting that prior to knowing the EU and CMA had an SLC over the Cloud literally nobody was speaking of the cloud market when highlighting concern over the deals.