Microsoft's $68.7B acquisition of Activision gets the green light from the EU

16 May 2023
Previously, the EU regulators were sceptical, but Microsoft agreed to let competing game streaming services license Activision games.

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I really wonder where this will go but looks like a uber crap to me. But lets see.

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    • ravi4ever
    • PxG
    • 18 May 2023

    MicroSoft copied the name from MirrorSoft!

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      • gFA
      • 17 May 2023

      Dometalican, 16 May 2023Call of Duty coming to Nintendo Switch finally ladies and g... morewho cares? it will run at 1fps with blocky graphics

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        • Anonymous
        • 70d
        • 17 May 2023

        LazyEngineer, 17 May 2023Lol there are over 100+ games and many IPs Sony blocked per... morePeople aren't forced to play games. You don't have to play games at all.

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          • Anonymous
          • XRx
          • 17 May 2023

          Vegetaholic, 17 May 2023UK market completely dominated by Playstation like most of ... moreyet Sony is crying to block this deal.

            PorkHotdog, 16 May 2023Haha in UK's face. Now Microsoft needs to pull out of ... moreUK market completely dominated by Playstation like most of the world markets, no one gives a flying shit about Xbox 🥱

              Anonymous, 17 May 2023those are timed games which ms did the same with the medium... moreLol there are over 100+ games and many IPs Sony blocked permanently from running on xbox in past 2 decade and people are forced to buy playstation to play their favourite games.

              You complain about timed exclusive? New cod MW2 was 1 month exclusive for PS5 along with every cod launched in past 15 years.

              Japanese companies like Nintendo and Sony are most evil and play victim cards by brainwashing their fans despite having market monopoly.

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                • Spike
                • xfi
                • 17 May 2023

                No good for everything to be eaten by either American or Chinese big companies. Diversity is ending and am a patriotic American. Obviously EU caresless about patriotism

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                  • Anonymous
                  • U{v
                  • 17 May 2023

                  Why are they wasting 68Billion dollars

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                    • Anonymous
                    • jwZ
                    • 17 May 2023

                    The next installment of the Cloud Wars and Star Wars Defense Initiate Trilogy by MicroSoft is coming soon.

                    Probably taking on Sky Net or Tencent next after that too.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • kEq
                      • 17 May 2023

                      IpsDisplay, 16 May 2023Translation: Lets trick them into making the deal go thr... morethis, it's the same wording they did with Bethesda and now nothing is coming out to any other platform

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                        • Anonymous
                        • kEq
                        • 17 May 2023

                        Anonymous, 17 May 2023Yet, no one does anything when Sony was exposed issuing ord... morethose are timed games which ms did the same with the medium, the ascent, etc and previous gens tomb raider for example, it has ran out for ff7 remake and ff16 will also only be a year thing, afterwards u need to take your gripe up with square enix why they don't feel like releasing on xbox, maybe for now they feel the lackluster sales their games make on xbox consoles aren't worth the cost, so they rather just do it down the line

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                          • Anonymous
                          • kEq
                          • 17 May 2023

                          lol 10 years is nothing some games take 5 years, i wouldn't trust microsoft with that

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                            • Anonymous
                            • vaS
                            • 17 May 2023

                            AnonD-1078988, 16 May 2023People are only thinking about the immediate benefits of ge... moreYet, no one does anything when Sony was exposed issuing orders to not allow FF7R and FFXVI on the Xbox playform.

                              Call of Duty coming to Nintendo Switch finally ladies and gentlemen. Lol

                                Anonymous, 16 May 2023If that's true, then Sony should buy Take Two interact... moreGood luck with that

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 39x
                                  • 16 May 2023

                                  If that's true, then Sony should buy Take Two interactive. No more GTA and RDR for Microsoft.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • yat
                                    • 16 May 2023

                                    GAMIR3DH, 16 May 2023Im confused, wasn't this stopped or was this approved?... moreIt needs to be approved by EU, UK, and US for MS + ABK to successfully close the deal.

                                    EU has approved it which is good thing.

                                    UK has not approved and Microsoft is appealing to the CMA about it.

                                    US has a lawsuit to stop the deal and the court is in August 2023.

                                    Then you also have to get approval from other countries so that Microsoft doesn't pull out of the market over there.

                                    The deal isn't completely stopped and is still on-going. I expect Microsoft to extend the deal from July 2023 to mid-2024 or late-2024.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 16 May 2023

                                      GAMIR3DH, 16 May 2023Im confused, wasn't this stopped or was this approved?... moreIt doesn't change. You probably confuse the UK with the EU. The UK isn't a part of the EU.

                                        Im confused, wasn't this stopped or was this approved? It keeps changing every week