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IRS going after Microsoft for 28.9 billion in back taxes. Microsoft plans to litigate it, but could interrupt any additional acquisitions after the Activision deal closes.



rapsuperstar31 said:

IRS going after Microsoft for 28.9 billion in back taxes. Microsoft plans to litigate it, but could interrupt any additional acquisitions after the Activision deal closes.

They profit about $60bn-$70bn a year so I very much doubt this would stop them from further acquiring, also they plan on appealing which will take years. Things which will slow down their acquisitions will more so be things like interest rates on the wealth of cash sitting in their bank. I seriously doubt Microsoft makes another major publisher acquisition in gaming aside from maybe Sega in the future but I anticipate they will make a series of smaller independent studio acquisitions still and acquisitions outside of Gaming.

Point is they aren't going to let the IRS put their business plans on hold for years if they want to acquire someone.

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Twitter dead again?



Ryuu96 said:

Twitter dead again?

Working fine here?.



FTC New Document

They want to re-open discovery in order to gain further info on Microsoft's deals with Ubisoft and Sony.

They were caught off guard by the Ubisoft deal and found out about it the same day as everyone else.

Microsoft gave the FTC the terms of the agreement, the FTC wants to learn more about the rationale behind it, they say that the payment structure for the Ubisoft agreement raised doubts about whether it could be profitable for Ubisoft to license the games to other subscription service providers. They want more information from Microsoft and Ubisoft.

They want to know Ubisoft's ability, incentives and plans to market cloud streaming rights for Activision games.

They also want to know about the Microsoft-Sony deal, they want to know the circumstances surrounding Sony's decision to accept the offer.

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There ain't a word for how fucking embarrassing the FTC is right now, Lol. Continue pissing away taxpayer money. The whole "but wait! Ubisoft signed a bad deal!" is so...Wasn't it FTC who did this with Nvidia as well? Basically implied that Nvidia, the $1bn company with an army of lawyers is full of idiots who signed a bad deal, now they're trying it with Ubisoft, Lmfao. Yeah FTC...You know better than every company in the industry.

Along that point, who actually fucking cares? Ubisoft signed the deal, Ubisoft agreed to the deal, they believe it's a good deal, if it doesn't work out for them long-term then that's fucking business, and it very well might be because Cloud Gaming may never take off! The fuck does FTC need to know Ubisoft's entire plans for the future for? Ability? They just fucking give the license. Incentive? Money. Market? They speak to the few Cloud companies in the industry and sign a deal with them.

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ice said:

Top 20 JRPGs by TA player count

GamePlayers
1.Monster Hunter: World289,543
2.Dark Souls257,507
3.Final Fantasy XV195,867
4.Elden Ring179,799
5.Dark Souls III167,920
6.Final Fantasy XIII157,502
7.Nier Automata144,413
8.Kingdom Hearts III137,568
9.Wo Long134,438
10.Lost Odyssey96,330
11. Dark Souls II95,123
12. Monster Hunter Rise89,550
13. Dark Souls Remastered80,520
14. CODE VEIN78,162
15. Dragon Quest XI77,797
16. Scarlet Nexus71,776
17. Yakuza LAD70,780
18. Octopath Traveler69,370
19. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot66,263
20. Blue Dragon66,215

Just outside the t20 is FF7 at 65,674 and P5 at 65,287

Do you not know what a JRPG is? DENT. 



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Spade said:

Do you not know what a JRPG is? DENT. 

dude cut out the last thig I said, i'm out