the judge has decided to deny the FTC’s preliminary injunction request. In a ruling submitted today, Judge Corley said the following:

“Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision has been described as the largest in tech history. It deserves scrutiny. That scrutiny has paid off: Microsoft has committed in writing, in public, and in court to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for 10 years on parity with Xbox. It made an agreement with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty to Switch. And it entered several agreements to for the first time bring Activision’s content to several cloud gaming services. This Court’s responsibility in this case is narrow. It is to decide if, notwithstanding these current circumstances, the merger should be halted—perhaps even terminated—pending resolution of the FTC administrative action. For the reasons explained, the Court finds the FTC has not shown a likelihood it will prevail on its claim this particular vertical merger in this specific industry may substantially lessen competition. To the contrary, the record evidence points to more consumer access to Call of Duty and other Activision content. The motion for a preliminary injunction is therefore DENIED.”

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    -11 year ago

    I hope you are using a PC running Linux to say that.

    You do know that the people running Activision aren’t the ones developping the game ? Microsoft won’t be doing anything more than running the business. To be more specific, I was hoping there would be less lootbox and shit like that.

    Also, I don’t know if it is the fanboyism speaking for you but taste in games in quite subjective.

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      11 year ago

      Yeah I haven’t used windows outside of work in years.

      The other person had a great comment that counterpointed mine pretty effectively, I haven’t had time to respond properly though, as it is a long comment. Microsoft has a checkered past when it comes to publishing games. In some periods they micromanage their dev teams heavily, In others they basically throw a blank check at the devs and tell them to make a game. While we’re in a period with blank checks, Microsoft’s history is such that it’s nearly inevitable they will interfere again.

      Also, I have all of the consoles. The Xbox is a great machine, but as it is it’s basically just a high def 360 for me. I can’t think of a single exclusive they’ve put out for Xbox Series other than Forza that was complete, functional, and well received, though there may be one or two I’m unaware of.