It is nothing new, we already anticipated it a while ago and now Phil Spencer himself has repeated it. Xbox won’t give anything up and they are willing to fight in court with the FTC to win the Activision-Blizzard acquisition. Something that on paper, seems something simple.
This is not said lightly, since the FTC has already lost a few cases in courtApparently their arguments are not very valid and a company like Microsoft seems to have a clear victory. What is certain is that they are going to give absolutely everything to make this union official. We remember that the indicative date they gave for this to take place would be in mid-2023.
Phil Spencer and Xbox are ready for anything
After an antitrust expert has dismissed the FTC’s motives as futile and the American unions support the purchase; everything seems to indicate that without a doubt this will happen sooner or later. Also, Phil Spencer and Brad Smith continue to confirm that this is something good for the video game industry and also for the competition.
All this added to the guarantees that the Xbox team has offered PlayStation about the future of Call of Duty, they are totally convinced that they are doing nothing wrong. So yes, continue with Full confidence that the Activision-Blizzard purchase will become official. Although the issue of the courts may delay the agreement a little longer, they are really positive with the final result. Especially knowing that it was her own FTC the one that has ignored the agreements from Microsoft to keep the Call of Duty saga cross-platform.
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