There was bad news based in the UK in recent weeks regarding Microsoft’s still unconfirmed “Activision Blizzard” purchase.
For those who still don’t know Microsoftin the past year Activision Blizzard He bought his firm on paper and was fully prepared for this big hit. $68.7 billion paid. Call of Duty, Warcraft, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch, Spyro, Hearthstone, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot and StarCraft the giant name behind games like Activision Blizzardpassed to Microsoft and Xbox side under the agreement. However, in this market created a huge monopoly concernso the purchase came under detailed scrutiny in many countries. Therefore, the purchasing process is still not fully completed. Sony didn’t like this at all, as Microsoft could raise the price of Call of Duty to block the process, make it available only on its own Xbox Game Pass subscription service, and even strategically. He said he was worried that Call of Duty on PlayStation could reduce its quality and performance..
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On all this, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) made a statement and said that Microsoft’s offer to take over Activision Blizzard “Regarding console games in the UK will not lead to a significant reduction in competition“ came to a tentative conclusion. However, the final decision was not as positive as Microsoft wanted. Analyzing 3 million Microsoft / Activision documents and more than 2,100 e-mails from the public for months, the institution said that the agreement “It could change the future of the rapidly growing cloud gaming market, reduce innovation and lead to fewer options for UK gamers.” he concluded. Microsoft this is clearly “block” will appeal the result, which means announced. Today, sources are European Union-based antitrust regulators, Microsoft is preparing to confirm its Activision acquisition next week. and said that the possible date on this issue is May 15. If this comes true, that is, if it gets official approval, the software giant Microsoft will have achieved a huge victory in Europe. Waiting for positive news from the USA about the purchase approval, the company tried to create the impression that it would complete the process despite the negative step of the CMA. started.