Further readingThe US regulator recently filed a lawsuit in a bid to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision The FTC filed its lawsuit attempting to block the acquisition in a bid to dissuade EU regulators from accepting a settlement allowing the deal,.
Further readingThe US regulator recently filed a lawsuit in a bid to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision The FTC filed its lawsuit attempting to block the acquisition in a bid to dissuade EU regulators from accepting a settlement allowing the deal,in other words they are done. sony has enough monopolies to destroy every facet of entertainment. they are already ruining anime and video games with their censorship policies. and they pay companies for exclusivity. how is microsoft to blame? they do not have a case i can see
Let Microsoft have it....I mean Call of Duty is getting old hahaha...its fun for 2 months then it gets old lol
Jesus christ man how much money dose he need bruh he going full mr krabs mode then again corporations being corporations always scraping for any piece of money that they are willing to fight for
They talk to PlayStation but not Xbox? Do they know that Xbox is The buyer?
Been following this for a while and I am honestly just seeing kids using words against words. Literally, this is so childish. Ik it's about money but all of this just seems extremely childish to me.
Sonys Ponys
Ridiculous! The D.Shock, using Blu-Rays, TLOU, PS Now, GOW, Kraken compression, D.Sense, PSVR2, they were all laughed off as 'gimmicks' until the ENTIRE industry followed. Trendsetters don't worry about losing 30% - they continuously Create New Revenues. Jim, what is PlayStation?
Dude spending more time trying to prevent Microsoft from doing anything than actually investing in his own studios to make new shooters or God forbid bringing back old IP like resistance or killzone since he hates back compatibility.
Que feo es ese señor, pobrecito.
sony playstation pretend to be successful with their series and games, but the truth is that they are cowardly crybabies hermenhulst
Jesus this guy is a hypocrite. Sony have been using exclusivity agreements and locking out others for years.
Jim Ryan is a hypocrite Sony has blocked so much from coming to Xbox including final fantasy remake and 16 plus paying to stop games coming to gamepass. This is why they are now fighting to preserve their documents from scrutiny as this would show how underhanded they have been
The man’s just tryin to cover his own ass the best he can at this point. He knows he is fucked as far as abk goes
If Crash Bandicoot can go back to Naughty Dog and Spyro go back to Insomniac, they can go ahead with the deal. If not then block this deal.
Jimbo : don’t let it go through they’ll take call of duty away from us MS: here’s Minecraft even though we own it
VGC just adding more fuel to the fire. What a joke!
Another Qatar like deal?
What did he do cry
I wonder what Jim Ryan had to say when they asked him about the 10-year deal that Microsoft gave him?
Shouldn't these guys be deciding by themselves and not having someone from Sony whispering in their ears about fairness or unfairness? Seems wrong just taking Sony's thoughts on the acquisition.
Discuss? Do you mean block?
la pleureuse
Canvassing. Passing of brown envelopes no doubt. Should be illegal.
Why is Jim running Up and down when he has bangers?
Yes… it’s called lobbying! Something Microsoft knows a thing or two about. 💁♂️
The PS community has bragged about their Exclusives for years and have always openly mocked the XBox community about it. And now there's the possibility of the tables turning they're suddenly frothing at the mouth with anger.
yes
Bet he gave them all hand jobs also
jimbo cryan, where is the Playstation Showcase?!
Again?
One of the worst things that happen to PlayStation.
Since the acquisition, Jim Ryan has suddenly found himself in Europe all the time.
Dude doing everything but getting PlayStation new games😂
Jim the RAT Ryan
this photo. i think i have seen it before :P
'Sorry Jim, but you creep us the fuck out. We are approving the deal with some concessions.'
But yet he has the balls to say “no I’m not involved in your acquisition! Why do I have to show off my line up?” So tired of this shit.
My reaction to learning this news...
Crazy how worried Sony is. They know damn well a Square Enix acquisition won’t really mean much, especially after losing its western studios/IPs to Embracer.
Seller wants to sell Buyer wants to buy Jim Ryan not on my watch you don't bit h
At this point Microsoft is wasting more money then act/bliz is worth and I'm tired of hearing this whole thing...also even tho I have all 3 playstation, microsoft, and Nintendo products ... Playstion better hope they stay on top trying to discourage competition it wont last
Crying Ryan is back at it again.
Dude that’s such an odd looking dude Lolol
I'm just an old British man trying to have enough money for coke and strippers, why don't you help Ole Jimmy out
Block em , even if I dont care the saltyness will be awesome
weird how these regulators would gladly listen to the market leader but, won’t even sit down with Microsoft themselves.
The bigger PlayStation gets (in terms of overall console sales) the more secretive, conspiratorial and two-faced they become. Especially under Ryan. Remember the early PS4 days, not to mention the PS2 times?
He gave them that fat check.
More taddlin' lol
My guess is that the EU is probably telling Jim Ryan that Microsoft wrote a bigger check.
ThePaulGomes the plot thickens
I hope this deal falls through & xbox gets the shaft.. I want to see how aggressively Microsoft/Xbox responds in retaliation & how it handles acquisitions & marketing deals to compete with Sony after.
🤦♂️
Great news the EU just like the ftc sides with GREATNESS XboxSeriesL XboxGotNoGames Xbox will be just a 3rd party publisher on Playstation & Nintendo by the end of the gen Microsoft is having the pathetic gameless Xbox platform 🎵 Sega'd 🎵 Poorpass failed to sell Xbox's
So because things aren't going his way, now he's resorting to bribing, huh? Really hope that Microsoft will manage to buy Activision Blizzard, Playstation ponies really deserve a slap in the face. 'Hurrr durrr Microsoft bad but when Pappy Jim Ryan does the same thing it's good!'
VGC why is your following a bunch of Sony simps?
I hope he showed them how Xbox is competing by shadow dropping an ugly cell phone game that the bots went crazy for.
Since he’s in the EU. Maybe he should check how the PlayStation direct shop is working… just saying… A lot of people didn’t get their DualsenseEdge pre order send out. So this doesn’t happen to the PSVR2…
He knows like everyone it is a bad deal & MS should never be allowed to do it!
OMG, somebody hand him the keys to the WAAAHmbulance already… 🙄
Aw EU Fwiends
Don’t care. HiFi Rush.
Jim Ryan is playing chess, not checkers
The guy absolutely needs tissues 🤣👍🏻
These comments man
That’s right Jim! 👏🏼👏🏼 he’s doing what’s best for the players 🤗🤗
Good, wish this deal doesn't go through, starting to look like monopoly moves from msf, only the blind one's can't see it. They have tons of studio's and still want to buy one of the major publisher's. Nothing but IP acquisitions.
'Customers? Nope Call of duty? THROW EVERYTHING WE HAVE!!!'
Jim Ryan is such an embarrassment.
Monopolistic practices are bad for gaming, MS famously lost an anti trust lawsuit in the 90s and it actually hurt antitrust cases with in the government. They need to lose, again. If PlayStation monopolizes entertainment then break them up to, I don't care.
Sorry PlayStation fans once again this is proof that your games really stink if you're on boss has no faith in them which and he's also a liar But on the flip side you can kiss your marketing deals with Activision goodbye which is great news for gamers
Arrête de chialé grosse pute . Tu es aussi bla.c que ça toi aussi chez Sony
Let him cope
Yeah this should be looked at as trying to influence regulators. All communtication should be through court officials.
YES.
When I see that face I want to punch, I don't know why
Isn’t that tampering and conflict of interest
GOAT JIM
I didn't realise their job was to protect Playstation, always thought it was the consumers.
Jim doing what's right for gamers all over the world.
🤡
The comments on this post are fascinating. I thought mostly people are wanted the deal to go thru but they are literally 50/50 divided.
How is it he’s even allowed to meet to lobby? They are the market leader and somehow there’s no concern over them protecting interests vs making a decision on competition without influence and pressure.
How many guys did he blow to get the deal cancelled?
Why? lol
Awesome. Keep the deal blocked. There is a big difference between timed exclusivity contracts and buying up a publisher to make most of their games exclusive. Couldn’t care less about COD. Diablo is more my jam. They did it with Elder Scrolls, they’ll do it with others. Screw MS
Well done Jim! As a leader, he is qualified than Phil Spencer.
Let’s gooooooooooooooo 🤩
I dont even know why he’s there but ok
Xbox Fanboys on suicide watch.
Damn! My man is incredibly scared just knowing that Xbox can grow a little in the market.
Sony's letting the gremlin out of it's cage again.
Isn't that like a conflict of interest or something to be having a friendly dinner with officials while there's an active court case going on?
Long live microsoft and Phil Spencer, I hope that if the acquisition this fact, microsoft will bite Jim and it's sidekick. 👌
Hearing Microsoft want to know what good ol Jim Ryan had for breakfast, when he had a shit etc etc...
Wim Wyan
Damn he is trying too hard. I guess last time touring was not enough lol
If they don't stop Microsoft it'll be E.A and Ubisoft they buy next. Microsoft developer showcase showed how much of a powerful having one publisher under your umbrella can be.
War in Comment section incoming.
Give that acquisition to Microsoft already and let’s move on.
Bribing is not an option Jimmy
Haha. well done Jimmy ol' boy. well done. the last time he spoke to a regulator (CMA), it was so impactful and convincing that they incorporated Sony's arguments into their own.
Papi pill do something 😭😭😭
And they don't see the conflict of interest here?
Holly fuck. I can't stand his face. He must been bullied in school
The guy who's supposedly been drawing up xbox exclusion contracts and other anti-consumer moves on behalf of Sony wants to falsely accuse microsoft of doing unfounded things that Sony already does themselves I really hope these regulators see through Sony's hypocrisy.
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