Microsoft is challenging Britain's decision to block its $69 billion takeover of 'Call of Duty' maker Activision Blizzard on the grounds of 'fundamental errors' in the assessment of Microsoft's cloud gaming services.
Britain's anti-trust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority ,, saying it could hurt competition in the nascent cloud gaming market, sparking a furious row.
The CMA "made fundamental errors in its calculation and assessment of market share data for cloud gaming services by failing to take account of constraints from native gaming ", Microsoft will say at the Competition Appeal Tribunal. I "We are confident in the strength of our appeal and the binding commitments we have made to increase competition and choice for players today and in the future."
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