While countries like Brazil have already given their approval for Microsoft to proceed to close the acquisition of ABK (Activision Blizzard King), in the United Kingdom they are having many more doubts, especially due to the pressure exerted by Sony and the exclusivity of Call of Duty that the North American company claims. In that sense, now CMA (the competition and free market body of the British country) asks for public opinion to make a decision on the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Xbox. so it has made known the Games Industry portal, which offers some additional details of this curious new phase in which the operation enters.
“At this point we invite anyone, including members of the public, to share their points of view with us”, has indicated the regulatory body of the United Kingdom after not reaching any firm conclusion after pressure from Sony and the counterclaim from Microsoft. Between everything that is obtained from this new public stage and what has already been handled in recent weeks, the CMA will organize hearings with Microsoft and Activision Blizzard to expose everything collected and try to reach some kind of agreement.
The CMA is still concerned about the impact that the closure of this mammoth operation, the largest ever carried out in the video game industry, may have on competition. If you think that it could have any negative effect, the CMA is open to seeking alternatives and solutions that satisfy all parties. Be that as it may, what is clear is that at this moment the British body is already accepting statements from the public to have access to new perspectives and ways of seeing things.