Good news for Microsoft. This European Union (EU) authorized the acquisition of the giant this Monday Activision Blizzard At $69,000 million (€63,594 million), it’s the largest in video game industry history.
European antitrust regulators have determined that the solutions proposed by the US software multinational “fully” respond to the competition issues identified by antitrust. European Commission.
This line of solutions spans ten years of offering European consumers free licenses and cloud game streaming services to deliver Europe’s games. computer and the Activision game console, which according to it is a “significant improvement (…) compared to the current situation”.
In practice this means that there are well-known working titles such as: world of warcraft And call of Duty will be available on competing platforms such as Nintendo anyone sonyowners of consoles keys And play station. president of Microsoft, Brad SmithConfirmed that “this will be available globally and will allow millions of consumers worldwide to play these games on any device of their choice”.
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despite your satisfaction Brussels A positive sign for Microsoft with its compromises, the regulatory environment it faces is far from clear. On April 26, the British regulator chose to block this mega-operation, believing that the company had not “effectively addressed” its concerns and that the acquisition could give it a dominant position in the cloud video game business. It was the United States that made the same decision in December, pointing to the fear of opening the doors. unfair competition.
What will Microsoft and Activision do? Both companies contested London and Washington’s decisions
The decision of the European regulators contradicts their usual strict stance.