Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA did its job

Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. ... by etempleton on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:23AM (#35771808)

The problem is by size Sony is larger, with more studios and more exclusives. Nintendo is also huge.

Cloud gaming has a lot of competition and they all are companies with deep pockets: Microsoft, Sony, Nvidia, Google, Amazon. They can afford to do what Microsoft is doing if they so choose. This isn’t some new paradigm. This is how this business is run. If it is not console exclusives it is platform exclusives. It is the only real differentiator.

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Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. ... by mrkramer on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:46AM (#35772040)

But Microsoft has the upper hand in the cloud gaming industry according to CMA. Apparently Xbox Cloud has 60-70% of the market share. Activision Blizzard acquisition would only strengthen Microsoft's position and would not improve competition.

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Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. ... by qwytw on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:52AM (#35772101)

> Apparently Xbox Cloud has 60-70% of the market share. Activision Blizzard acquisition would only strengthen Microsoft's position and would not improve competition.

The same way they "controlled" the smartphone market with Windows Mobile in the pre iPhone/Android days?

It's an entirely new market. 60-70% of all current users is an insignificant proportion of all potential users so it doesen't mean much. And well it's not their fault that they other megacorps like Google are so incompetent.

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Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. ... by etempleton on Monday May 01, 2023 @09:13AM (#35772336)

You are a subscriber to cloud gaming if you have GamePass, but I don’t think many actually use it, so to say they have such a huge advantage is an argument in either ignorance or bad faith.

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