Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUK antitrust enforcer to Microsoft: You can’t bully uswww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down14
arrow-up1117arrow-down1external-linkUK antitrust enforcer to Microsoft: You can’t bully uswww.politico.euBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareWhirlybirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe CMA is in the wrong here. Almost every other country in the world approved the deal without any changes needed, while the UK are complaining about the near non existent cloud gaming market.
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoUK has a relatively large gaming sector. Cloud gaming shouldn’t just be handed to Microsoft.
minus-squareWhirlybirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not large in any way, and this wouldn’t “hand it to Microsoft”.
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIt’s a nascent industry, it’s not large, yet. And the UK has the largest gaming sector in Europe. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/788396/leading-gaming-markets-by-revenue-in-europe But the CMA has forced them to sell it to Ubisoft, so they won’t be able to control the pricing. The CMA have done their job.
minus-squareWhirlybirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago“Their job” being……what exactly here? Hamstringing one of the only companies that’s actually investing in cloud gaming?
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoTheir job is to manage markets and to reduce monopolies. One of the only companies? Netflix literally just announced a cloud gaming service. Sony has one, Nvidia has one, Amazon Luna, Shadow But sure just let Microsoft have another monopoly…
minus-squareWhirlybirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt wouldn’t let Microsoft have a monopoly though. How would it?
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoEr, the same way they have with several other products?
minus-squareWhirlybirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhat other products do Microsoft have a monopoly on exactly?
The CMA is in the wrong here. Almost every other country in the world approved the deal without any changes needed, while the UK are complaining about the near non existent cloud gaming market.
UK has a relatively large gaming sector. Cloud gaming shouldn’t just be handed to Microsoft.
It’s not large in any way, and this wouldn’t “hand it to Microsoft”.
It’s a nascent industry, it’s not large, yet. And the UK has the largest gaming sector in Europe.
https://www.statista.com/forecasts/788396/leading-gaming-markets-by-revenue-in-europe
But the CMA has forced them to sell it to Ubisoft, so they won’t be able to control the pricing.
The CMA have done their job.
“Their job” being……what exactly here? Hamstringing one of the only companies that’s actually investing in cloud gaming?
Their job is to manage markets and to reduce monopolies.
One of the only companies? Netflix literally just announced a cloud gaming service. Sony has one, Nvidia has one, Amazon Luna, Shadow
But sure just let Microsoft have another monopoly…
It wouldn’t let Microsoft have a monopoly though. How would it?
Er, the same way they have with several other products?
What other products do Microsoft have a monopoly on exactly?