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    1 year ago

    I’m not even American so I don’t really care about the American politics - but it’s pretty clear that it will have an effect on the behaviour of the FTC and the court.

    To be honest, I think it would have been better for Microsoft to spend the money on like a hundred smaller studios. But it sets a dangerous precedent when the Government can just come in and order them not to go ahead with the acquisition.

    It’s not like MSFT would be remotely close to a monopoly even with ATVI. This isn’t Standard Oil, but politicians want to make it out to be like that so they can claim a win.