The US government recently decided to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision BlizzardIntervention investigationLater, the UK Competition and Markets Authority also confirmed earlier that it would conduct an antitrust investigation into the transaction to determine whether the transaction involving US$687 billion would affect fair competition in the market.
Competition and Markets AuthorityExplainThe investigation will be completed by September 9st of this year at the earliest, and a decision will be made at that time whether to conduct a further investigation. The investigation will not only determine whether Microsoft's transaction has affected market competition, but also whether the transaction has affected users' original rights to use the game, including whether the purchase price of the game has increased or the number of games available to players has decreased.
In addition, it includes whether it will become difficult for other platform operators to obtain Activision Blizzard's games. For example, whether games released by Activision Blizzard will only be released on the Xbox platform and will not appear on game console platforms such as PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
However, Microsoft's previous statement emphasized that Activision Blizzard will maintain an independent operating model in the future, and at the same time will not affect its external cooperation relationships for game content. It also stated that Activision Blizzard's game content will be included in the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, allowing more players to play and use it online.
