The FTC does this all the time, why would they care if they lose.  It's not like anyone job is on the line.  Instead, they need to appear to be strong against big corps like MS.  Just look at the arguments, it's like they are not even trying.  I highly doubt that this lawsuit means anything to any other regulatory body unless the arguments were strong enough to be used.  

I believe you fear the CMA to much but like all regulatory divisions, there is a price you can pay.  Like I said, as long as they continue to focus on COD, then the CMA is nothing to worry about.  If the narrative change then a revaluation would be on hand.  

They aren't trying precisely because they are hoping for someone else to block the deal, that is obvious now.

Regulators can be swayed into a certain direction based on the actions of other regulators, while regulators do focus on their own area, they are still in touch with each other as well and sometimes work together to take something down. CMA also expressed very similar arguments to FTC, such as disregarding Nintendo as a competitor entirely.

If there is indeed a price you can pay, then why is CMA blocking so many deals? And why didn't Microsoft pay that to FTC? We don't know much about CMA's Phase 2 yet but their Phase 1 was pretty awful and they don't exactly need a good reason to block the deal it seems, they can now just parrot FTC's argument.

This deal entirely depends on if CMA is feeling as political as FTC...Regulators clamping down on big tech is the big thing right now. Again, FTC doesn't block deals, they get courts to block the deals, CMA blocks a deal, if you appeal, it gets sent to CAT, who then send it back to CMA who can then just block it again.

Based on CMA's Phase 1 arguments and that UK is more often than not aligned with America, and Microsoft is the master at lobbying in America but failed here, they're even less in UK, CMA doesn't care about Microsoft one bit, so it entirely depends on how Political CMA is feeling, it's a complete tossup Imo.

Yeah just screw it all, Block the deal and then MS can go and buy Nintendo since they are so irrelevant and wouldn’t hurt poor little Sony one bit since no games can be taken away from them.

Hopefully not much is delayed in 2023.

Microsoft could do with some news other than Activision-Blizzard, Lol.

Since the court case won't start until August 2023, it's very clear they are hoping CMA blocks or Microsoft abandons the deal, it likely will mean that we won't hear anything from FTC for almost a year now, it likely means I'm not going to get my juicy industry secrets cause this will never actually go to court 🥲

EC will be quiet until January and then next update in April unless they're satisfied with the concessions that Microsoft offers them, I think CMA is March, so that will be when we find out if the deal is dead or not.

It does feel a bit like, Microsoft has almost been on autopilot since this acquisition, they can't afford to do that anymore, the regulators have just about already made up their minds, time to focus on what matters to the consumers again.

Give us an X0 in February!

This...Now makes me wonder...Is Nintendo a monopoly?

Lmfao.

These regulators keep disregarding Nintendo, claiming they aren't competition because they aren't part of the market, what market is Nintendo apart of and if that market only consists of Nintendo, would that mean that Nintendo monopolises that market?

Where is Xbox Series S in the price argument? U'know, the console that is likely outselling Xbox Series X?

33. Other consoles lack the high performance of the Xbox Series X|S and PS5 consoles. For example, the Nintendo Switch, which is designed to allow portable, handheld use, necessarily sacrifices computing power, which leaves it unable to play certain games that require more advanced graphic processing. Retailing at $299.99, the Nintendo Switch is also less expensive than the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 consoles, both priced at $499.99. While the Xbox Series S had the same retail price at launch as the Nintendo Switch, the graphical and processing capabilities of the Series S are much more aligned with the Xbox Series X and PS5 consoles. The Xbox Series S enables gamers to play the same video games as the Xbox Series X, both of which offer more graphically advanced gameplay than on the Nintendo Switch.

The child toy market. Right next to action figures, and board games. Glad I could clarify

You mean the fitness market, right next to gyms and mass gainer supplements.

They are very flexible