CMA Preliminary Decision On Revised Microsoft – Activision – Ubisoft Deal Coming Next Week
Microsoft's choice to add Ubisoft to the deal has given CMA pause to reconsider.
Microsoft's choice to add Ubisoft to the deal has given CMA pause to reconsider.
If we were honest about it, Call of Duty is a consistent crowd pleaser and a reliable income generator for Activision.
As it turns out, gamers don't have a right to have all the games on their favorite console.
Everything's turning up Microsoft startup sound.
Truthfully, the EU made some mistakes in their analysis on this one.
Microsoft may have failed with the oral arguments, but they won the EU over with their ten year deals.
One of the worst-kept secrets.
The high level of competition in the shooter genre does blunt the impact of this much market share in the industry.
Even with this potential dominant position, there would still be bigger companies than Microsoft.
The decision document seems to highlight just how different the EU's thinking process was to the CMA's.
The EU seems to have successfully signaled their strong regulation.
Activision's competition, or maybe we should say colleagues, seem to be upbeat on their deal with Microsoft.
FTC secretary April Tabor went ahead with the procedure to withdraw the case.
It seems Bobby was already leaving the company, Microsoft deal or not.
No less than Randi Weingarten interjected herself in this case.
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick might be why the two parties have become quiet about this extension.
The FTC has run out of ways to stop this deal from happening.
This doesn't look like it was a coincidence.
Don’t count on this game coming to Game Pass anytime soon.
It does make one wonder how much longer this deal will stay in limbo.
The global consensus is that the deal will be good for every country that approved it.
It would actually be great news if Sony funded Korean games to be brought at a global stage.
While Canada's objection is effectively a non-factor, it was interesting that they failed to act on them in time.