This morning we reminded you that according to the agreement reached between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard for its acquisition, if there was a problem that ultimately prevented their union, Microsoft would have to pay 3 billion dollars to the creators of Call of Duty when the date limit was finally reached this summer. And precisely, the refusal of the CMA influences these times, how could it be otherwise. But in his documents, he goes a little further.
In this thread of It will reset, analyzed numerous responses from Microsoft, third parties and of course the CMA itself in the final document it submitted to justify its decision, which is more than 300 pages long. Very curious data, such as the fact that there is a Third Party (study or rival company that does not reveal its name), which believes that if the purch ase is prevented, Microsoft could enter into a series of exclusivity agreements with Activision which would be even more damaging than the own acquisition. Curious.
A whole decade of waiting
But going back to what was said in the title, there is the question that concerns us, because according to the CMA, after rejecting a purchase of this type, they would not accept another acquisition review of the same members for another 10 years as a ruler. Even if specifies that it is in the absence of changes in the circumstances of the same. That is, if the conditions change or, for example, if there are objective parts that are not part of the acquisition, there could be another attempt.
Undoubtedly, another page of this drama which holds us to end and which in the weeks to come could be resolved… or enter another long period of lethargy. Both companies are determined, but the other two powerful regulators have yet to respond, the European Commission and the FTC, which have already stopped it in a lawsuit. We will follow closely.