The nearly 22 months it took to close the deal reflected concerns from rivals and government regulators that Microsoft could use its growing collection of games to lessen competition.
worried they’ll get sidelined as the industry allocates its resources toward blockbuster franchises with a history of past success.Microsoft has long defended the deal as good for gaming, saying its goal was to get Activision games to more people on more platforms rather than trying to deprive those games from console-makers such as Sony and Nintendo.
last month to a revamped Microsoft proposal meant to address concerns that the deal would harm competition and hurt gamers, especially in the emerging cloud gaming market where players can avoid buying pricey consoles and stream games to their tablets or phones. after agreeing to allow users and cloud gaming platforms to stream its titles without paying royalties for 10 years.in the video game industry. Top rival Sony also feared it would limit PlayStation gamers’ access to Call of Duty, Activision’s long-running military shooter series.to pause the deal so that its in-house judge could review it. The FTC hasn’t given up, appealing the decision and last month filing notice of its plan to resume that trial. That signals the U.S.
But the regulator still criticized how the deal came together and warned other companies not to use the “tactics employed by Microsoft.” Up until now, computer-maker Dell held the record for the priciest tech deal after it bought data-storage company EMC in 2016 for around $60 billion. Microsoft’s own biggest deal was its $26 billion acquisition of professional-networking service LinkedIn around the same time.to buy cloud technology company VMware.
One of Activision’s key assets for Microsoft was its King studio, maker of popular mobile games such as Candy Crush Saga.
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