8 days ago | By The Verge

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Microsoft's proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition is at the messy stage. After recruiting Nvidia, Nintendo , and two other cloud gaming companies to help convince regulators to approve its $68.7 billion deal, Microsoft is now criticizing the UK's Competition and Market Authority's math calculations.
The CMA published a financial model that calculated Microsoft could turn a profit by withholding Call of Duty from PlayStation to draw former Sony fans to Xbox, basing its calculations on profits and losses from Xbox hardware, subscriptions, and games...
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Sony Worries Microsoft Could Make Call Of Duty Exclusive To Game Pass

8 days ago | By GameSpot

The battle over the proposed Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger continued this week, as both Microsoft and Sony filed documents with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority. In its filings, as shown by The Verge, Sony stated that Microsoft's Game Pass is far ahead of PlayStation Plus in terms of market share, and also said that it's concerned that Microsoft may make Call of Duty exclusive to its subscription service. In the statements, Sony says that it believes that Microsoft would have an incentive to engage in four different strategies that would have a negative effect on its...
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The UK published 7 responses to the Microsoft-Activision Xbox deal - only one company opposes

8 days ago | By Windows Central

The UK competition authority the CMA just published seven positions on the Activision-Blizzard deal (not including Microsoft and Activision itself). Guess who still isn't happy?
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Microsoft's Deal To Buy Activision Blizzard "Can Only Be A Good Thing," One Company Says

8 days ago | By GameSpot

The UK's Competition & Markets Authority has released a series of mostly anonymous statements from gaming companies, and they all provisionally agree that Microsoft's proposed deal to buy Activision Blizzard would not be a bad thing for the overall video game industry. The CMA uploaded documents from six different "market participants" who shared their thoughts on the buyout. Only one company, 4J, went on record and kept its name public-the other five submitted their opinions anonymously. 4J is an independent studio but it is financially involved with Microsoft, as it developed a number of...
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