Didn't Sony even prove the opposite with their statement? If Nintendo platforms lack games like CoD then it would give Nintendo the opportunity to sell to a whole new audience which didn't touch Nintendo systems yet. Sony argues how CoD is so big that losing it on PS could harm PS because it's THE shooter game for a platform to sell hardware but also says that CoD wouldn't help Nintendo to sell hardware.

XD my prediction just became even more accurate:
"[...] either force them to accept Microsoft deal or double down on the hypocrisies."

The things is even if all Sony said would be true, it still a contractual agreement that undoubtedly shows Microsoft willingness to not remove CoD from other platforms. Even if MS did this only to sway the regulators the reality of this deal still destroy like 95+% of Sony diatribe against the buyout and regulators, even though they might feel the same, cannot overlook this and have no choice to accept they lost their most potent anti-competition claims.

Ol' Jimmy boy quivering in his britches, guy is 100% getting fired when that deal goes through.

One Naughty Dog employee doesn’t speak for the hundreds/thousands of ActiBlizz employees that want the deal to go through and to see Bobby and the board kicked out.

People need to remember why this deal happened in the first place

That's another thing that's irked me throughout this process! 

Has everyone forgotten how terrible of a company ActiBlizz is? The Blizzard I grew up with and loved as a kid is long dead. It's one thing to be like EA where you're putting out shitty games with mtx, but it's another thing that ActiBlizz were doing. The lawsuits, numerous sexual harassment allegations, the walkouts due to how employees were treated and paid. The list goes on and on.

This is not a good company in any way.

Now, we have a hope that things can be turned around once the parasites are gone. And.......the discussions are only about CoD. 

I don't think the FTC has a winnable case but I would not be surprised to see them vote to block, if nothing else to force Microsoft to the negotiating table. The FTC has lost a number of high profile cases in court recently, and I have seen speculation that they keep on taking these unwinnable cases because 1. politically it makes them look tough on big tech and 2. it draws attention to regulations they want to see reformed

I think FTC will sue to block as well. Waste of everyone's time though with an unwinnable case. I think it'd look better for FTC if they accepted Microsoft's concessions, it's better for everyone, the courts, Microsoft and FTC who look like they strong armed Microsoft into concessions.

There it is.

What a joke, a waste of everyone's time and a waste of (taxpayer?) money for an unwinnable case which doesn't break any laws, Lol.

It all comes down to the CMA now, if they block it then the deal is 100% dead.

We've got months left to go of this shit too, the court case documents are going to be interesting though

Confirmation: FTC-Sues-Microsoft-Over-Activision - The Washington Post