Microsoft announced Activision Blizzard’s acquisition earlier this year, with it becoming a point of discussion.
The second crucial video game developer and publisher acquisition by the company, coming right behind the Zenimax merger, many raised some valid points.
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Some said that these plans lean towards anti-trust problems. Others pointed out that this acquisition will probably make a few titles exclusive to one platform. The situation became so heated that Sony’s Jim Ryan publicly disclosed the Call of Duty deal offered to them by Xbox. Recently, Ryan even travelled to Europe to talk with respective authorities about the deal.
However, amidst these discussions, Serbian authorities think otherwise (via VGC). As per Reuters, Serbia is the next country that joins Saudi Arabia and Brazil to clear the Microsoft-Activision merger of $68.7 billion.
While this might sound all nice for the company, the European Union regulators are yet to give the merger a green light. However, Microsoft plans to offer concessions to Sony, including a ten-year partnership deal with Sony, the maker of PlayStation.
The EU regulators argued that the merger will hamper the competition in the market, making it difficult for PlayStation and Nintendo.
Furthermore, as per insiders, the FTC plans on roadblocking the merger, with three accounts saying that the organisation feels the merger will make the tech giant much more powerful.
