US moves to block Microsoft's Activision takeover

Re:US moves to block Microsoft's Activision takeover by stuckinhell on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:38AM (#36310860)

I hope more monopolies get busted

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Re:US moves to block Microsoft's Activision takeover by kyriakos on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:39PM (#36312873)

Bit too late for that I believe. This one wasn't going to create a monopoly since Microsoft is not anywhere near being the largest provider in the gaming industry.

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Re:US moves to block Microsoft's Activision takeover by wilg on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:16PM (#36313432)

Microsoft isn't a gaming monopoly, and regulators aren't even claiming they are. Just that this deal would create some kind of "cloud gaming" antitrust problem which makes no sense because that isn't a distinct market from "gaming", and it isn't proven people even want cloud gaming, and also there are really no other people even trying cloud gaming.

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Re:US moves to block Microsoft's Activision takeover by orwin on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:12PM (#36314324)

I think the fear here is a new app store monopoly, which are extremely hard to break.

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Re:US moves to block Microsoft's Activision takeover by solardev on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @05:48PM (#36317992)

Funny, I was really hoping this deal would go through so I can play Blizzard games on Geforce Now (who just entered a 10 year agreement with Microsoft)

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