The United Kingdom rectifies and already welcomes the purchase of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft

After announcing the purchase of developer Activision-Blizzard and its catalog of games such as the Diablo or Call of Duty sagas by Microsoft, Sony has tried to boycott the operation, alleging all kinds of problems that Redmond’s taking over such important franchises could cause.

Those complaints led competition authorities in the UK to believe that the acquisition would be bad news for console users in the country by leaving franchises like COD under the control of one of the three competitors in the console market (Microsoft , Nintendo and Sony).

However, the arguments of the authorities and of Sony itself did not hold up after Microsoft’s announcements to offer 10 years of COD releases for PlayStation, and even bring the franchise to the Nintendo Switch and NVIDIA GeForce Now (something that would benefit players on any of the platforms and not just Xbox). It should not be forgotten that the COD saga has traditionally had specific benefits for Sony consoles, and the Japanese company did not want to lose that privilege even if it meant penalizing players on other platforms.

Microsoft usually bets that its software is available on as many platforms as possible, even if they are from the competition, and in fact, the UK authorities themselves have recognized that leaving Sony without Call of Duty would have a very high cost for Microsoft and that would not be beneficial to the company and have radically changed their opinion on the acquisition, seeing her now with good eyes before the end of the investigation.

Therefore, the most important acquisition of the video game market in recent years (and possibly in history) seems to have a clearer path after the approval of the EU, the change of mind of the UK, and all that remains is for the authorities of USA unblock the operation.

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