Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - “MICROSOFT MOVES CLOSER TO COMPLETING $69-BILLION ACTIVISION TAKEOVER AFTER COURT REBUFFS REGULATORS.”

Episode Date: July 17, 2023

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticIn this segment of Notorious Mass Effect, Analytic Dreamz discusses the recent news that Microsoft has moved closer to completing its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.The deal, which is still subject to regulatory approval, would be the biggest acquisition in tech history. It would give Microsoft control of some of the most popular video game franchises in the world, including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush.Analytic Dreamz explores the potential impact of the deal on the video game industry, and discusses whether it could lead to increased consolidation or innovation. He also talks about the implications for gamers, and whether they should be concerned about the future of their favorite games.This segment is essential listening for anyone who is interested in the video game industry, or who is concerned about the future of gaming.To learn more about the deal, and to hear Analytic Dreamz's analysis, listen to this segment of Notorious Mass Effect.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Like they said in Hunger Games, may the odds be forever in your favor. Because if you're an Xbox player right now, the times are starting to look, no, the future is starting to look brighter as the Microsoft acquisition of activism, Activision, while it isn't 100% completed yet,

It seems to be leaning towards Xbox's favor. As it's still pending, of course, and the federal judge ruled against the FTC's attempt to delay the deal, but the acquisition is expected to happen as soon as this month. so i know that's huge news for all the Xbox players out there and uh even PC players because Xbox plays uh nicer with the PC platforms than PlayStation does of course but um shameless plug analytic dreams video on Spotify is exclusive video for Spotify and you can see how big of a deal this acquisition is

Xbox with the acquisition of Activision will get Overwatch Diablo Call of Duty World of Warcraft Candy Crush

I mean everybody's played Candy Crush and Starcraft So of course you can see why this is a big deal and why PlayStation is trying the hardest to complain about this deal so it doesn't go through.

PlayStation thought they was in the clear getting Cratos, Spider-Man, and what was it, The Last of Us? But in general, I had to push it right quick. But in general,

Microsoft is officially playing Big Bank takes Little Bank. They've watched PlayStation get all these exclusives from, well, like I said, Spider-Man and Credos, and they was like, hey, we have more money than them,

speaking as Microsoft compared to Sony. Forget the individual characters. Let's just buy the entire studio who makes these games. And guess what? Now, we're the big dogs.

So, the biggest thing about this merger is that people are saying it's a monopoly. because this would in fact be the largest acquisition ever in gaming history, like ever. It would give Microsoft control over some of the biggest names to ever touch the video game landscape in Call of Duty, like I just said, Overwatch, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush. And it will make Microsoft the third largest game. company by revenue behind Tencent and Sony.

And if you don't know, Microsoft makes the money not off of gaming, but off of laptops and tech devices. I mean, you can say the same with Sony, but as far as Microsoft, like they're really in the ecosystem, I would say more than Sony as far as the tech goes. But now, in the gaming space, it seems like Microsoft has fell behind more than it wanted to as they kind of hinted towards when the downfall of Redfall happened, no pun intended, but they was like Red Fall was not supposed to be this bad, we will make up for it, and all the shareholders was like, hey, you better.

So now, what do they do? They go out and try to buy one of the biggest gaming companies and accomplish one of the biggest acquisitions in gaming history. Of course, this is not a 100% done deal. It is leaning more into Microsoft favor, but that doesn't mean anything. We could always be throwing a curveball at any time throughout this acquisition. But for now, it does seem like Microsoft will indeed acquire Activision. And if you don't think that this will impact the gaming industry in the way you've never seen before,

like to put it in perspective one of the deals one of the stipulations to the deal was call of duty couldn't be an exclusive to Xbox for the foreseeable future or like Xbox couldn't just buy Activision make Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox like they have to wait a little bit

so I think that's one of the biggest things because the FTC is really attempting to delay this acquisition and the main reason for that is they are arguing that the merger would reduce competition in the gaming industry. But the reason why I'm saying is leaning more in Microsoft favor is that the federal judge ruled that the FTC has not shown that the merger was likely to harm consumers. So FTC is like, hey, this is going to ruin competition in the gaming industry. industry. The federal judge is like, hey, prove it. They couldn't prove it. So guess what?

It seems like Xbox will indeed go through and accomplish one of the largest acquisitions in the history of the gaming industry. So click my link tree in my bio. Let me know one of my social medias. What do you think about Xbox in general now? Because I always joke that Xbox has no games. And I think they took that to heart. And it was like, guess what? We have all the games now exclusively on our platforms. So how do you feel about Xbox going out here, collecting different gaming developers like Infinity Stones?

And do you think it will destroy or reduce the competition in the gaming industry? Or do you think it's fair compared to Sony and Nintendo?