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It there any way this would pass anti-trust? Especially in this tense political climate when it comes to Big Tech (I'm thinking both of Europe and especially fo

It there any way this would pass anti-trust? Especially in this tense political climate when it comes to Big Tech (I'm thinking both of Europe and especially fo the US).

choko 4y ago
Why would it not pass? There's not a shortage of competition in the gaming sector.
- paganel 4y ago
  I don't think it's only about the gaming sector per se, it's about not allowing an already big behemoth (Amazon, in this case) to get even bigger.
  - weberer 4y ago
    There's no law on the books against that, so you'd have to get congress to write one first.
    - paganel 4y ago
      There has been no law until now, but these are different times, there doesn't need to be any specific law in place. But, we'll see.
- jacooper 4y ago
  Nope, its very quickly consolidating into a few big companies.
weberer 4y ago
Of course it would pass. Amazon does not have significant market share in the video game market, much less a monopoly.
chollida1 4y ago
Yes, can't see the government looking at this. This isn't two gaming companies combining. US anti trust looks at harm to consumers, meaning does this reduce competition amongst game makers, and the answer is obviously no. This isn't two gaming companies merging. This is one unrelated company acquiring another. Us and European anti trust don't look at the size of a company as a factor.
- paganel 4y ago
  > Us and European anti trust don't look at the size of a company as a factor. That has been changing very fast, this Economist article back from the start of this year touches on that aspect (among other things): "The growing demand for more vigorous antitrust action" [1] [1] https://archive.ph/grBbQ https://archive.ph/grBbQ
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
Only if Amazon were to be a big gaming publisher / developer themselves already - say, if they also owned Sony Interactive, Tencent Games, Nintendo, Microsoft, NetEase, Activision Blizzard, etc. The ones I listed are all bigger than EA (by revenue), by the way.

It there any way this would pass anti-trust? Especially in this tense political climate when it comes to Big Tech (I'm thinking both of Europe and especially fo the US).

choko 4y ago

Why would it not pass? There's not a shortage of competition in the gaming sector.

paganel 4y ago
I don't think it's only about the gaming sector per se, it's about not allowing an already big behemoth (Amazon, in this case) to get even bigger.
- weberer 4y ago
  There's no law on the books against that, so you'd have to get congress to write one first.
  - paganel 4y ago
    There has been no law until now, but these are different times, there doesn't need to be any specific law in place. But, we'll see.
jacooper 4y ago
Nope, its very quickly consolidating into a few big companies.

weberer 4y ago

Of course it would pass. Amazon does not have significant market share in the video game market, much less a monopoly.

chollida1 4y ago

Yes, can't see the government looking at this. This isn't two gaming companies combining. US anti trust looks at harm to consumers, meaning does this reduce competition amongst game makers, and the answer is obviously no. This isn't two gaming companies merging. This is one unrelated company acquiring another. Us and European anti trust don't look at the size of a company as a factor.

paganel 4y ago
> Us and European anti trust don't look at the size of a company as a factor. That has been changing very fast, this Economist article back from the start of this year touches on that aspect (among other things): "The growing demand for more vigorous antitrust action" [1] [1] https://archive.ph/grBbQ https://archive.ph/grBbQ

Cthulhu_ 4y ago

Only if Amazon were to be a big gaming publisher / developer themselves already - say, if they also owned Sony Interactive, Tencent Games, Nintendo, Microsoft, NetEase, Activision Blizzard, etc. The ones I listed are all bigger than EA (by revenue), by the way.