Comment on FTC withdraws its in-house challenge to Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal

• comic_zalgo_sans@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Goronmon@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    As much as some gamers will try to frame this as a win, he’s not losing...

    There was no real outcome to this situation where Kotick loses. Either he stays, makes millions of dollars and continues to lead the company, or he leaves and makes millions of dollars during his exit. Those were always the two options.

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• Soundhole@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The thinist of silver linings.

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• kingthrillgore@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Don't worry, Microsoft will immediately defend and indemnity those who actually matter so nothing will change, really. Bobby will get a golden parachute, and nobody will care he was in Epstein's rolodex.

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• masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A tiny short term gain compared to the widespread decades long damage done by corporate consolidation.

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• phi1997@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Considering how Bethesda under Microsoft has treated its trans workers, I don't think Activision will get any better

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• Simpsonator@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I kinda understand this point of view but I don’t see how it punishes anyone at Act/Blizz. Bobby Kotick walks away with a literal fortune and I doubt Microsoft fires the management to hire all new people. I’d like to see Act/Blizz shareholders sue the board and Kotick for corporate malfeasance instead and get that money back.

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• Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  People will forget all of the potential negatives as soon as Overwatch, Diablo, and Sekiro are added to GamePass.

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• Sabata11792@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I hate Microsoft and don't want to see them grow. But I also hate Blizzard. But I have also been hopelessly addicted to WoW since childhood and don't want it to die. But Bliz also shits on wow every other expansion. Its a complicated mess but MS seems like the lesser evil since it seems only a matter of time before WoW gets the Overwatch and Diablo treatment.

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