Microsoft says it made a mistake last month when it claimed that the very structure of Federal Trade Commission, the agency trying to block its bid for Activision Blizzard, violates the United States Constitution.
Microsoft knows why the FTC exist. To ensure that companies with the highest market cap in the world don't abuse their influence to do whatever they want. Because it has been challenged, instead of just debating with the FTC that the acquisition is valid it decided to say that the very question of whether its acquisition of Activision is okay shouldn't have been asked at all! Grubby.
When you buy the biggest 3rd party publishers....that's monopolistic and anti competitive. An actual monopoly doesn't happen with 1 deal either. You become a monopoly through a series of different deals and purchases.
What lie lol, ms said what the ftc said they did, all the European regs said was there was no commitment given or asked for, ms stated it all by themselves.
The FTC said that MS committed to European regulars to keep Bethesda games exclusive, it was their primary reason for opposing it here in the US. A commitment that didn't happen. FTC's primary argument based on... fake news.
Yes they got the commitment part wrong which is all the Eu stated, we know this, but ms did infact state in their eu documents why they wouldn't be making zenimax games exclusive, again, well known info, no lie.
Lmao poor little scared MS, all the money in the world and they can't even buy a win in court or in gaming, it must sting them a bit. They remind me of the cobra team in dodgeball, unlimited budget but no skill, so in the end they lose against average Jo's.
I dont think you quite understand the way this is portrayed. FTC was being all big and bad and MS stood up to them so the FTC backed off to be willing to negotiate and as a result MS too backed off. it wasnt looking good for the FTC... it never did. MS throwing shade made the FTC reconsider. Now that FTC is open to talks (since they were wrong to begin with), MS is being more cordial.
In other words, FTC caved first so MS didnt have to remain on the offensive.
Some people on here have no concept of the cat and mouse game played by lawyers. For example, the previous article about MS not knowing when Call of Duty released. Ms said they didn’t know. Why? Because the accuser (ftc) didn’t define it and were trying to get MS to define it. Which in this cat and mouse game if MS had said they knew, it would set, however small a precedent that could be used against them. If someone sued you it’s their job to define in detail why they are. It’s their burden of proof, not the defendant.
Same with the above, it’s just a tit for tat mouse game the ftc and Ms are playing. The Statement from above was more about banter between lawyers than anything MS really believes about a government agency.
So all of a sudden everyone is friends. The FTC wants a settlement, and MS no longer consider them unconstitutional.
Best friends forever (until the next anti-trust case).
I'm waiting for the European regulators to grill them imo.
Nothing but bad faith from MS
Lmao poor little scared MS, all the money in the world and they can't even buy a win in court or in gaming, it must sting them a bit. They remind me of the cobra team in dodgeball, unlimited budget but no skill, so in the end they lose against average Jo's.