2023-04-24 20:03:37
Is it the end of a long soap opera who is approaching? While the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King by Microsoft caused a lot of ink to flow this year, most of the world’s regulatory authorities have given their approval… but this is not the case with our neighbors across the Channel. There Competition and Markets Authority is notoriously hostile to this operation, and even suggested, last February, that Activision-Blizzard be split into several separate entities.
According to the Financial Timesthe long-awaited decision of the CMA should be made public this Wednesday. More importantly, the newspaper anticipates that the decision will ultimately be positive, and will thus remove the last obstacle that stands in front of Microsoft. However, we imagine that Sony will continue by all means to keep its market share, but the legal chapter of this affair seems about to be closed.
That said, the Federal Trade Commission American still seems to have some issues; she has indeed summoned Steve Singer, Vice President of Nintendo of America. No less than seven hours of testimony are expected on with a deal concluded with Microsoft, promising to return Call of Duty available for ten years on the consoles of the Japanese manufacturer.
By itself, the FTC has very little power over a trade agreement between these two titans, especially since said agreement is a huge step forward for global cooperation. In other words, the potential monopoly risk posed by Microsoft is fading away, and gamers everywhere should get access to a slightly larger catalogregardless of their platforms.
If all goes according to plan, we can expect Microsoft’s takeover of Activision-Blizzard to be completed. from this summer. This is particularly important because between the Starfield from Bethesda which detailed in June and the BlizzCon 2023 still planned for this end of the year, past and future purchases of Microsoft will materialize in a fiscal way very soon!
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