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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Consolidation is concerning, but this also means there's a good chance Booby Cocktit will be booted out.

...Booted out with a golden parachute, but a boot nonetheless.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A golden parachute so big he could trivially buy into the next company. If he wanted to retire, he would have long done it.

Worse, what if he ends up as the boss fo GamePass or Xbox?

[–] MidwestBear@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

I think Microsoft is aware of the bobby issue enough to not consider letting him run anything of theirs.

[–] GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

No way Microsoft let's that happen. He'll be forced out. The only reason Microsoft looked into this consolidation is because he was running the company value into the core of the earth.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Him fucking off is by far the best outcome of this whole situation