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Smith and a small group of his attorneys are slated to meet individually with FTC Chair Lina Khan — who is said to be skeptical of the tie-up and who this summer pledged to scrutinize the deal over its impact on workers — as well as Democratic commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, according to sources close to the situation.
On Sunday, The Post exclusively reported that at least one Democrat on the four-member panel has recently taken a sympathetic view of the merger — with insiders speculating it might be Slaughter — potentially paving the way for it to get approved. Republican FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson has already voiced support of the deal.
Sources said Microsoft's Smith is scrambling to win over the powerful panel in a hurry — partly because Khan is pregnant and expected to go on maternity leave next month.
"Chair Khan is expecting a baby in January and will take a short parental leave before quickly returning to her duties," FTC spokesperson Douglas Farrar said. "The idea that any possible law enforcement actions by the Commission could be affected by her pregnancy is sexist and absurd speculation with absolutely no basis in reality."
The FTC's commissioners are slated for a closed-door meeting on Thursday to discuss the merger and there's an outside chance they could vote on it, sources said.
The panel also could meet to vote on the deal later this month. Microsoft had believed the FTC would make its final ruling in the first quarter of 2023 but the FTC review has lately moved at a faster pace than it expected, the source said.
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Microsoft to Meet with FTC Chair Lina Khan on Activision Deal
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At this point Sony needs to give up and sit down. They tried so hard not to have COD to go to gamepass and failed.
Reckon it will be somewhere between S and X with a 3hr battery life!
Series S power would be ideal, not sure if possible and still keep that small size?
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Borrowed indefinitely below from elsewhere…
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Next important Dates
- December 7th 2022: meeting between Microsoft and the FTC
- December 8th 2022: FTC meeting to discuss the deal and maybe even vote about it
- Late December 2022/Early January 2023: vote by the FTC Commission (if it doesn't happen on December 8th 2022)
- Early January 2023: the CMA will publish provisional findings (a draft of the final decision) and provisional remedies (if they are required)
- February 3rd 2023: decision by New Zealand
- March 1st 2023: the last day for the CMA to publish its final report
- April 11th 2023: the last day for the European Commission to publish its decision (it could happen sooner if MS offers remedies that solve potential concerns)
- Unknown: decision by South Africa
- Unknown: decision by South Korea
- Unknown: decision by Japan
- Unknown: decision by Australia
- Unknown: decision by Turkey
- Unknown: decision by Canada
- Unknown: decision by Chile
- Unknown: decision by Israel
- Unknown: decision by China
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Edit to add indefinitely “borrowed” statement below
The FTC has a public calendar that includes the timetable for the meeting on Thursday, but nothing about the one on Wednesday.
Press reports and controlled leaks are the most likely way how we are going to learn about the content of the meetings.
If the FTC votes tomorrow and they approve the deal, MS will be the one to announce it.
If the vote is delayed until late December, press reports and controlled leaks will be the way to go (specially if the feedback from the FTC is bad for MS).
I’m too lazy google to translate it but it pretty much states Nintendo confirms signing said agreement for COD on Switch.
jp.reuters.com
マイクロソフト、任天堂と10年契約へ ゲーム「コールオブデューティ」で
米マイクロソフトのＸｂｏｘ部門トップのフィル・スペンサー氏は７日、人気ゲームソフトの「コールオブデューティ」について、任天堂と１０年間の契約を結ぶとツイッターに投稿した。任天堂の広報担当者は契約が「発表されたことは事実」とし、それ以上の詳細については回答を差し控えた。
jp.reuters.com
He say that, but did he also say "no thank you, we don't need it?"
He was like "what more money to be made, where do I sign up?"
He was like "what more money to be made, where do I sign up?"
"Once we get into the rhythm of this, our plan would be that when [a Call of Duty game] launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, that it would also be available on Nintendo at the same time."
Spencer pointed to Microsoft-owned titles like "Minecraft" making their way to the Switch as examples of how the company has experience bringing games to different platforms.
"We would do this with Minecraft as well, where we would do specific work to make the game run well on Nintendo Switch and their silicon and support their platform completely," Spencer said. "We do the same when we ship on PlayStation 5."
And thus far already approved by Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and Serbia.
I dont know why people keep saying switch when they said Ninendo, I am going with the next gen console.