Why Buying Activision Blizzard Will Cause an Earthquake – GamePolitics

2023-07-12 10:38:08

“We are grateful to the court for ruling in our favour.” Xbox boss Phil Spencer was visibly relieved in a first statement shortly after the verdict. For around a year and a half, the US group had to tremble as to whether the announced acquisition of the games giant Activision Blizzard for almost 70 billion dollars would actually take place. The US agency Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and competitors such as Sony had expressed reservations that this deal could give Microsoft a monopoly position in the industry, especially with regard to the future relevance of cloud gaming.

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