Still 12 hours to go over here if not 14 hours when considering west coast.
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https://twitter.com/fosspatents/status/1679873393993170945?s=46&t=t7dDVKaP__8VXQdcGMQghA
More good news.
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There was a starcraft on the N64 iirc. Donāt think it did too hot though. Never even released in europe I believe.
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You could play the OG on N64 if you had the expansion pack for the console.
But yes, making it exclusive seems hilarious. It hasnāt shown up on any console in 23 years and an exclusive RTS game on console is hardly going to set the world on fire.
It is traditionally on Mac though, so maybe Windows exclusive? Though again I donāt see why. Itās not going to move marketshare meaningfully and not launching it on Mac could give someone an example in a future acquisition case.
StarCraft 3 would be great though! And Iād absolutely love to see someone try and bring back some games in the SC universe in different genres. That would be a meaningful exclusive.
Even a shameless rip off of Star Wars Battlefront would be awesome.
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StarCraft was on n64
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You seem to think that only MSās chances were not great (maybe that is true). However, isnāt it funny that CMA tried to stall the appeal beyond the summer and got lambasted for it by the CAT? Can we also not say that the CMA was doing that because they thought they did not have a great chance themselves? Why do that if you supposedly have a solid case to defend anyway?
Either way, it seems like this merger will be closing soon hopefully.
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The deal could always close without the CMA. Itās as hoeg and others have said. Nothing is stopping Microsoft from sending abk 68.7 billion in cash and signing the paper work at any point.
Microsoft more doesnāt want to be seen as a bully who is forcing governments to do things. So its optics and if you do just close you could be made to separate later. However, legally nothing is stopping the MS from just closing the deal over CMA or any one else. Legally they could have closed it 18 months ago and let the process play out.
People have a strange misnomer about this like they need the cma when its not true. Its cleaner to wait for approvals from countries and then close your deal but there is no legal requirement to do so. You can just close.
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Thats the thing, not every game is going to set the world on fire nor does it need to. AOE on consoles didnt yet it still came to Xbox because MS still needs to offer value for the platform and for Game Pass.
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God should screw FTC around and have the day timeskip to next day now.
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This is what people seem to disregard, the CMA know they have a losing case, its either settle and work out a solution with MS or get landslided in the CAT appeal, the deal closes anyway and the CMA embarrass themselves on the world stage
The fact that they desperately tried to delay multiple times is telling. These arent the signs of someone with confidence that theyād win
Foss mentioned Gamesmanship which is the appropriate term tocuse here
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Totally just a coincidence, nothing to see here 
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https://twitter.com/fosspatents/status/1679904781555335186?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ
Yeah theyāre done sugar coating.
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Yep, just like the old CoD servers spinning up again. Move alongā¦
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So much for a closure in the weekend. Or do we think thereās still a chance?
Today is your answer. If the judges agreed, then closure no good. Otherwise, enjoy your weekend.
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Depends. If the 9th circuit doesnāt respond by 11 59 pm then i think the chance of closing tomorrow goes up. If they quickily deny the FTC the tro extension then I think Monday is more appropriate.
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Second, the FTCās claimed emergency is entirely of its own creation. Microsoft and Activision first notified the FTC of the merger on February 1, 2022. Op.19. The Commission filed an administrative complaint challenging the merger on December 8, 2022. Op.20. Breaking from its standard practice in merger cases, the FTC did not file a federal court complaint seeking a preliminary injunction at that time. On the contrary, it set its administrative hearing for August 2, 2023āafter the merger agreementās termination date. Thus, the FTC acted for the better part of a year and a half as though this case was not an emergency necessitating federal court intervention. The parties and the Court face a time crunch becauseāand only becauseāāthe FTC did not file this action to preliminarily enjoin the merger until June 12, 2023āless than six weeks before the termination date.ā Op.20.
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