Pushback (Premium)

With the UK Competition and Markets Authority CMA unexpectedly pushing back against Microsoft’s admittedly concession-free “material changes” in its Activision Blizzard acquisition, the software giant, finally, has blinked. And it is now offering a com… Continue reading Pushback (Premium)

Microsoft Unveils Three Xbox Series X Console Wraps Coming This Fall

Microsoft unveiled 3 Xbox Series X console wraps, which will allow gamers to customize their consoles with an “affordable and sustainable” solution.
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Microsoft Starts Testing Xbox Game Streaming to Discord

Microsoft has started testing Xbox game streaming to Discord with select Xbox Insiders, offering a native alternative to game streaming on Twitch.
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A Tale of Two (OK, Three) Antitrust Regulators (Premium)

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) were both embarrassed in recent weeks by Microsoft when their justifications for blocking the Activision Blizzard acquisition were exposed as irrational nonsense. An… Continue reading A Tale of Two (OK, Three) Antitrust Regulators (Premium)

Microsoft + Activision Blizzard: Show Me the Money! (Premium)

Like many, I’m curious how Activision Blizzard will impact Microsoft’s financial results going forward. And so I did some math. And then some outright guessing. And then some more math.
More to the point, I looked at the company’s quarterly revenues fo… Continue reading Microsoft + Activision Blizzard: Show Me the Money! (Premium)