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

[the-pi-guy]

I just don't get how half of era can shrug this off.  they are usually so progressive on thing but they have a huge Blindspot here.  really goes to show most people's principles don't exist once they see something to gain.

I kind of think there might be a split between the gaming and etc group, where the gaming group might be a bit more right wing.

But yeah, there's an overwhelming sense that MS is the good guy in gaming because day 1 game pass and day 1 PC.

[BananaKing]

I just don't get how half of era can shrug this off.  they are usually so progressive on thing but they have a huge Blindspot here.  really goes to show most people's principles don't exist once they see something to gain.

Era is the most delusional place i ever seen on the Internet.

[the-pi-guy]

Lol Naughty Dog dev:

Microsoft 2019: "We are in a very unique position to be able to spend Sony out of business"

Microsoft 2022: Spends 19 times more money than Sony has ever spent.

Microsoft 2023: "Oh that was an old strategy/thought experiment from 2019" pic.twitter.com/hBK952800C

— Anthony Vaccaro (@vaccaro3d) June 26, 2023

[kitler53]

the lies are Soo obvious. 

[the-pi-guy]

Pete Hines asking why Bethesda games are exclusive  

[nnodley]

Man this should absolutely be the most damaging thing to happen for this deal but there's still a part of me that thinks MS will be able to bully and lie their way to merging with Acti.

This is so dangerous for this industry

It's just so hard to fathom how any gamer can think this is good. fudgy mind-boggling

[Legend]

Confirms tes6 was turned into an exclusive.

[the-pi-guy]

So, has Ryan heard anyone at Sony say the deal would really harm Sony, i.e. on the investor calls?

"I don’t know because I don’t listen to the calls."

Have you ever told an investor that you don’t think you can be competitive if deal goes ahead"

"I don’t know."

— Michael Acton (@MActon93) June 27, 2023

[the-pi-guy]

Jim seems very unprepared.

Jim Ryan's deposition has finished. Key takeaways:

• Sony wary of sharing PS6 info with Microsoft
• Sony’s alarm bells began ringing in August 2022
• Sony is hedging against Xbox Game Pass
• Publishers don’t like Game Pass, Ryan says

full recap: https://t.co/HcogFrf0EU pic.twitter.com/XrIQ1qfBV1

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 27, 2023

[Legend]

It's funny how much people dislike Jim Ryan, but it's nice that at least one person from the old guard is still in charge.

[the-pi-guy]

I *listened to the Jim Ryan bit.

*There's the zoom meeting, and someone was streaming the audio from there I guess, and the judge had some strong words about that person.


Some of the characterizations that I've seen, seem a little bit dishonest.
Like Jim Ryan was trying to say that Microsoft is a platform holder first, and a publisher second; and they don't have the same level of responsibility to each version of the game. A lot of people were characterizing him as saying that Microsoft is not a publisher, except they are. He admittingly did a very poor job of making that distinction, and the whole context generally comes across as him back tracking.

I kind of got a feeling from that part of the audio. Just kind of seemed like Jim Ryan had given up on this.  Did not seem to be prepared for this at all.


It seems like today went very well for Microsoft.


Overall, I feel like MS's really going to fight this, and it's not over yet.  

[the-pi-guy]

here's the bombshell Jim Ryan email about Xbox exclusivity with Chris Deering, who says Microsoft would have been better off announcing an electric car than buying Activision???? More about the email here: https://t.co/733gxlp9ca pic.twitter.com/cUvV0Ywhmy

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 28, 2023

here's the key email exchange between Xbox's Phil Spencer and PlayStation's Jim Ryan around Call of Duty. You can read about this exchange here: https://t.co/Tgrfy7xxA5 pic.twitter.com/cqQkIJ9yBG

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 28, 2023

[the-pi-guy]

Jim apparently doesn't know that SIE makes third person games...


"These first person, graphically beautiful narrative rich games will continue to be the bedrock of our first party publishing business"

They're not expecting that every live service game will be a massive success, but they're expecting that it will build on what they've already done.

Jim Ryan got asked about SIE having larger acquisition targets, and he basically said that they have criteria such as being able to help them with a wider audience, then it goes on the list.

[the-pi-guy]

NEW - Via an FTC vs. Microsoft exhibit: In 2019, Microsoft mulled trying to buy Square Enix. Unclear at what level this was pitched, but Phil Spencer gave feedback to the internal proposal pic.twitter.com/xYSVQUGTMt

— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) June 28, 2023

[the-pi-guy]

Oh dang, some of the censorship was poorly done..



I think that says Horizon 2 cost $212 million? TLOU cost $220 million?