Everything points to the fact that the operation will be closed without incident within the foreseen deadlines.
The purchase of Activision by Microsoft represents such an important movement within the industry that both the agreement itself and its possible consequences are being studied by numerous regulatory bodies in various regions. The weight that all these organizations may have is unknown, but the first of them to approve the matter has been the one from saudi arabia.
It’s not normal, but some of these processes have been publiclike that of Brazil, where we have recently seen a hard exchange of accusations between Sony and Microsoft. PlayStation believes that Microsoft is being anti-competitive by keeping Call of Duty, while those in Redmond accuse them of blocking the arrival of games to Xbox Game Pass.
The Saudi Arabian General Competition Authority has been the first to speak out of all those investigating the treatment and ensures “no problem” for the operation to be completed as planned. It is expected that the rest of the international commissions will also make an affirmative statement in the coming months.
تعلن #الهيئةالعامةللمنافسة عن عدم ممانعتها من إتمام عملية التركز الاقتصادي بين:
-مايكروسوفت كوربوريشن
-أكتيفيجن بليزارد إنك pic.twitter.com/lo5scC3F7k— الهيئة العامة للمنافسة (@SaudiGAC) August 21, 2022
The weight that this type of local organization may have in the agreement is unknown, beyond what those of the US or the EU may dictate, perhaps the strictest in the world, but it is expected that the Activision-Blizzard purchase agreement and Microsoft shuts down normally on next year’s summer. Operation that will close with a payment of almost 70 billion dollars.
Microsoft clarifies the future of Call of Duty
Before that same Brazilian body where Microsoft was accused of anti-competition, those from Redmond confirmed again that Call of Duty will not stop coming out on PlayStation. Though It is possible that if it ceases to be an annual franchiseas it has been for a decade.