Bet: Will the Activision Deal close? - It has closed

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Started by the-pi-guy, Feb 01, 2023, 05:14 PM

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You have a lot more confidence in the outcome than I do.

MS is pushing pretty hard on behavioral remedies.
I generally believe the CMA knows they won't work. They also know 10 years isn't that long. Like I said the UK is the most tightly contested market so MS claims about being unable to compete do not hold weight here. The CMA will only look at the UK market and know allowing MS to own COD would be a major way to kill competition. They've already gone to task with them in regards to Bethesda and their exclusivity. The EU will allow behavioural remedies as MS is getting whooped so hard in Europe they need all the help they can get but in the UK it won't happen. They will have to sell COD or ABK for the CMA to approve this.