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The conspiracy theorist in me can't help but think about the fact that most of the corporate/leadership power at Sony Playstation resides in Europe these days.

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UK isn’t the same as Europe (politics aside) I’m saying in regulatory terms so Sony leadership staying in Europe has no impact.

Europe is doing is it’s own investigation and is slated to actually approve the merger.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/2/23621989/microsoft-activis...

So, you're not the least bit concerned about a massive cloud company buying a huge competitive advantage? Sony uses Azure to host their own competitive offering, you don't think they're the least bit nervous that Microsoft can just pull the rug out from under them?

It doesn't need to be a conspiracy, there's plenty we should all be wary of with regards to mega mergers. Why is Microsoft so keen on making this happen? They're basically throwing mountains of money to make this happen and it's not out of the goodness of their hearts

The Azure thing you note is odd. Sony invested in Azure far after they knew MSFT would be competition. I’m sure they also realize the legal backlash to MS hampering them with Azire would be huge. And lastly Azure’s long-term play is much bigger than consoles. It would be stupid for MS to throw out the baby…

There are a plethora of other hosting companies Sony could choose to use. They obviously aren't worried about it, why should I be? If Microsoft kicked Sony off of their cloud all of a sudden without a really good explanation, it would be hugely damaging to their reputation.

Yes yes all that too, sorry I forgot to point out all the other possible concerns in my post. My bad.

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