I feel so sorry for the people working for him.  Has always been part of a team on all his successes - and arguably the weaker part of each.

Many such cases. I remember the ungreyed Ms.Anxiety.

If they notice you making good comments

I was as ungreyed member here for years, then i said something critical of an article (believe it was one of kenneth shepards) and I suddenly ended up back in the greys with no explanation.

I think the 2nd comment just hasn’t been followed by Kotaku yet. At least I know that’s how it was a few years ago, though it could’ve changed. If they notice you making good comments and adding to the discussion somehow, whether that is via humor or insight, you’ll get added to an invisible list of chill people lol.

Welp. That sucks.

The FTC actually has zero enforcement power.  At the end of the day, the only real power they have is to force the issue to the courts.  And as an example of how poorly they handled the case, the judge that shot them down was appointed by Biden.  They can technically appeal up to the Supreme Court, but with the…

“Maybe inking a licensing deal for day 1 COD on PS+ for 10 years or something to keep access parity while the cloud market forms?”

In the end, it will go to the Supreme Court if they try to block it.  And if it happens in the next couple of years, there is no doubt who would win.

Based on what? They put forth a horrendous showing and started the PI trial in checkmate. You need valid grounds to be granted an appeal.

The main play here would simply be to threaten to spin Activision UK off as a stand alone company to the CMA. that would push the deal out of CMA jurisdiction while also losing pretty much nothing as the UK division would have to license access to new games for distribution but since Microsoft already has…

Do you carry the same energy for all of the exclusives held by Sony and Nintendo that have never seen the light of day on either PC or an Xbox console? If you don’t, then you’re being rather hypocritical, as even though CoD is a big seller, both Sony and Nintendo have exclusives that have sold in the tens of millions…

you are comparing the companies as a whole and not explicitly their gaming business. 

I’m talking specifically video game market not total company revenue. including total company revenue would make comparisons inaccurate. for example say google opened a single hot dog stand. if you just go by total company revenue google then becomes the biggest hot dog company in the world even though they only own…

I think this is a terrible deal for the industry overall but saying it’s going to significantly harm Sony in any foreseeable timeframe is pretty silly.

Sony is still making more money than ActivisionBliz and microsoft combined currently. this deal makes microsoft the 3rd largest in the gaming market. blocking this merger is really just providing Sony an opportunity to solidify a monopoly they have been barreling towards since the xbox one flopped.

Wouldnt he have had the least sway on the truly hideous Blood Origin movie?

Hissrich succeeded in torching the netflix franchise. It’s worse than Judkins over at WoT or what happened with Rings of Power. Even in Season 1 the best season, her explanation for the Nilfgard scrotum armor fundamentally misunderstood Nilfgard’s role in the story.

It’s like 2 totally different horrible games combined into one!

Defenders of this show somehow managing just fine without Cavill’s presence seems to have forgotten that The Witcher’s showrunner, Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, is also responsible for Blood Origin and The Defenders series. That should say it all, but she’s also responsible for the garbage, throw away character that is…