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@Wheatly they’d kind of have to rotate it at some point. I’m assuming it’s 25 Xbox titles. Like stuff MS owns the IP for.

@Snake_V5 at what point do you consider a game something under MS’s helm something they helped with?

@SplooshDmg because really they were never going to take the golden goose away. That would be dumb. They just wanted the profits from COD, not kill the profits.

@S1ayeR74 you’re right I guess they were just flying over there to have afternoon tea.

@S1ayeR74 MS had multiple close door meetings with the CMA for concessions. The CMA didn’t try to come up with concessions earlier this year when they had ample time. Sorry no your arguments do not stand. They had plenty of time. And that’s a fact.

@S1ayeR74 if they renegotiation the deal the process in all of the countries starts again and we go through this for another two years. As for the CMA needing more time. They’ve already had a year and half. Literally they had all that time to look over and come up with concessions then. Instead of coming up with concessions they just blocked it only for CAT to say you have to look and this better. That was last month.

@Moonglow nope and she just ruled against them again. Now they have to get an appeals court to make a decision by midnight tomorrow

@NEStalgia yup. And they are claiming the exact same points with a few add ons. I’m sorry judge but we know you said this but you are wrong. I mean maybe she’ll say she was wrong but wow.

@JayJ they just had their budget slashed I think.

They just appealed the case to the same judge that denied them originally ._.

@theduckofdeath well she’s getting lit up by the republicans right now and they threaten to cut her budget.

@WallyWest well their case was a joke and their expert wasn’t very good at explaining his research. I don’t know what to tell you but you think they are going to magic a better case literally within 48 hours?

They might win but their case is really weak as far as cases go.

@Dragonsbane spelling mistake oops I’ll edit.

@Dragonsbane Their stock is already being delisted in Monday. It can be traded with but
https://www.ainvest.com/news/trade-desk-to-replace-activision-blizzard-in-nasdaq-100-index-23071000257692369fa02577/

@WallyWest the thing is MS wanted a different judge. The FTC insisted on this one. And agreed it was fine after the judge said it wouldn’t sway her decision. A bit hard to argue that it’s an issue now.

She’s got a pretty big problem https://nypost.com/2023/07/12/lina-khan-faces-grilling-on-capitol-hill-after-microsoft-activision-defeat/amp/

I have feeling people are going to start seeing her as a loose cannon now.

@Somebody the thing about appeals you have to actually prove something was wrong with how the trial was conducted.

What the FTC is actually trying to do knowing there is no appeal is get the emergency injunction extended past the July 18th deadline so that that MS and ABK have to renegotiate.

To go further the FTC based on their current powers can’t find anything that would allow them to block the deal. They want more time to try to find a way to block the deal.

Kahn has officially lost her damn mind.

I’m glad IGN took over running it so it wasn’t two hours of streamers and 30 minutes of content. I think it was well paced.

@Utena-mobile maybe it as a bit anti climatic but we got a nice court case with some dirty laundry to digest. I love legal battles like this XD

Also, love the sharpie redacted material hehehe ^^ although my fellow Americans play too much COD.

@Cashews depends on the demo. Sea of Stars demo didn’t come to Xbox originally. It’s an indie game and more attention is a good thing.

I don’t buy into those best on or perfect fit. Why? Well if you play your switch in TV mode and some people do, what’s the difference? It’s highly subjective to how people play.

@Cashews fortunately the demo is also available on that platform as well

@Grumblevolcano considering they have floor space. I’d say you are right.

@Tasuki no it doesn’t link. However my friend said you can still get the bonus by interacting with an object in the fairies tree.

I don’t think this is terrible but I don’t think it’s great. It’s definitely “MID”. I do think they are doing better now.

@NEStalgia @SplooshDmg

(Q How does Xbox compare some of the other platforms on there?

It is the smallest

Q How does it compare to PlayStation to Xbox?

Roughly twice as big.

Q What about Nintendo?

Roughly twice as big as PlayStation. 4x as big as Xbox.)

Now remember folks Nintendo doesn’t “compete”.

@NEStalgia @SplooshDmg yeah I’m not going to count on anything. I loved the lawsuit and the FTC did terribly. Does that matter though? Now they have their sights on Amazon. Meta failed. I don’t know I like the judge though.

@Daaan14 lucky for you the series S makes a handy second console

@NEStalgia that’s the most accurate description of his testimony. It add such a colossal waste of time. But honestly I’ve come to expect this kind of circus with Kahn.

@FraserG I’ve been playing it too

@Tharsman whilst I agree with that. I’m still annoyed at Lee’s testimony. He ran long because he refused to talk so now we miss out on live testimony. And of course Nintendo see Sony as a competitor. But I think it’s about the exact nature of the COD deal. Which honestly should have happened before this.

@SplooshDmg exactly. Sega and MS hate eachother so it’s just “for the tech”.

@SplooshDmg I remember that. It’s just about cloud they said. Nothing more.

@Tharsman they had to bump to video because that Imbecile Lee wouldn’t answer anything. And it’s in Judges quarters, so we won’t get anything spicy 😥

@Tharsman I wouldn’t say Nintendo. Nintendo is pretty known for its privacy.

@NEStalgia that’s your dream. She’s going to Cancun for a week after this

@NEStalgia I’m sure she’s a bit confused why this is even happening. No matter how she rules, I’m sure she’ll be glad when it’s all over.

You know what he is a fan of? Candy Crush. Why aren’t we reading about that?

Anyone can think or consider anything. I don’t find anything stunning about considering options. It is what actually takes places that matters. This articles are kind of boring to me.

@WallyWest oMG we agree on something. This might be end if the world. He’s viewpoint is a skewed. I think GP does great for some games. But terrible for others. Depends on the game.

@Wheatly I know and it’s stupid. People specifically look for limited consoles. It’s dumb.

Story of Seasons, Front Mission, and Ghost Trick July looks busy

@UltimateOtaku91 see that was what I thought. That kind of seems silly. Then why allow Xbox?

@Fenbops do you have good source for that nugget?

@Dan1283 but the article is specifically about this game… all well

@Scummbuddy I don’t think so. I think it’s just one of those known facts that’s not well known so people get confused.

@Scummbuddy because Natsume owns that name and Marvelous is publishing it through Xseed now, whom they own. Natsume kept the name and publishes their own games under that license. Story of Seasons is closer to its Japanese name.

I’ve had this game. I will be playing the new one coming out next week

@Dan1283 this isn’t an Indie title. It’s Marvelous.

16% Worldwide? Or 16% in the US? And 16% of the US is a big number compared to other places.

@SplooshDmg Oh now I have a picture of suits seeing scalping prices and losing their eyeballs thanks to you.

The console price increase isn’t the issue. I’m really not concerned with it as they aren’t raising the price if the XSS

Raising GP right now is just dumb.

I own Story of Season. Would recommend if you like Stardew etc

Can’t want for Sword and Fairy

@Wheatly the only thing we can say it’s 1mil more players than the announcement back in May. Over the course of 6 weeks at least 1 million more people have “tried it”.

@Cashews yeah I’m just done with this stuff. It’s been way way too long. Hopefully it gets settle either way this year and then we all can move on.