Sony wouldn’t be allowed as they are the overwhelming market leader. Microsoft were not, and are not. That’s why the FTCs arguments against it made no sense.
Software wise it’s not close. PlayStation sells far far more games than Xbox, and also sells far more online subscriptions. More hardware = more player = more software and subscription sales.
No, the software revenus of both are very close. Playststion has no software wise monopoly over microsoft. Buying huge game editors should never be allowed
Where are you getting that the software revenues are close?
You can’t just say that acquisitions should never be allowed, full stop. What kind of logic is that? It shouldn’t be allowed if it is the market leader doing the buying, but apart from that if it’s not creating a monopoly, why not?
Where are you getting that the software revenues are close?
Sony and microsoft financial reports.
You can’t just say that acquisitions should never be allowed
Yes i can say large companies should not be allowed to buy other large companies. Yes it could create monopolies when a gaming manufacturers buy the biggest franchises like microsoft it doing. They own minecraft which sold 300 millions copies
You just a dumb fanboy who will be mad if sony was the one buying activision
Source with actual numbers please :). Also make sure you’re using the pre-acquisition numbers, which HALVES Xbox’s revenue.
Microsoft bought Mojang, an indie dev lol. There’s no world in which that should have been prevented lol.
If you can’t see a difference between the overwhelming market leader buying companies and the distant last place buying companies, you need to go and have an adult explain what anti-competition and trust laws are about.
Think about it like this - Apple would and should be allowed to buy Pepsi Co, but the Coca Cola company wouldn’t. Do you understand why? Apple being a massive trillion dollar company doesn’t, and shouldn’t, automatically prevent them from buying other companies.
Sony wouldn’t be allowed as they are the overwhelming market leader. Microsoft were not, and are not. That’s why the FTCs arguments against it made no sense.
Software wise it’s not close. PlayStation sells far far more games than Xbox, and also sells far more online subscriptions. More hardware = more player = more software and subscription sales.
No, the software revenus of both are very close. Playststion has no software wise monopoly over microsoft. Buying huge game editors should never be allowed
Where are you getting that the software revenues are close?
You can’t just say that acquisitions should never be allowed, full stop. What kind of logic is that? It shouldn’t be allowed if it is the market leader doing the buying, but apart from that if it’s not creating a monopoly, why not?
Sony and microsoft financial reports.
Yes i can say large companies should not be allowed to buy other large companies. Yes it could create monopolies when a gaming manufacturers buy the biggest franchises like microsoft it doing. They own minecraft which sold 300 millions copies
You just a dumb fanboy who will be mad if sony was the one buying activision
Source with actual numbers please :). Also make sure you’re using the pre-acquisition numbers, which HALVES Xbox’s revenue.
Microsoft bought Mojang, an indie dev lol. There’s no world in which that should have been prevented lol.
If you can’t see a difference between the overwhelming market leader buying companies and the distant last place buying companies, you need to go and have an adult explain what anti-competition and trust laws are about.
Think about it like this - Apple would and should be allowed to buy Pepsi Co, but the Coca Cola company wouldn’t. Do you understand why? Apple being a massive trillion dollar company doesn’t, and shouldn’t, automatically prevent them from buying other companies.