• Whirlybird
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    That’s not a thing lol. You can’t have a monopoly on a developers games 😂.

    Sony bought insomniac, therefore they have a monopoly on insomniac games, right? So that acquisition should have been blocked unless they sold the publishing rights to a third party, right?

    You have no idea what you’re talking about. Monopolies are about markets, not individual products within a market.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, they are. The ftc already got their arse handed to them in court, were you not aware?

        The CMA did the almost unheard of and walked back from a hard deny to a “please give us something we can call a win so we can keep a bit of dignity when we approve the deal” and the judge even chastised them for what they’ve done.

        I wouldn’t expect someone that thinks you can have a monopoly over a single publisher’s game to understand.

        You again didn’t answer my question too - so Sony have a monopoly on insomniac games now? If so, why wasn’t that purchase stopped? In fact why are any studio purchases ever approved if every single one creates a monopoly?