The controversial decision to ban Activision’s merger with Xbox with bizarre cloud gaming arguments is going to bring more tails than you might expect. The thing lasts a long time. It seems like Microsoft saves even more tricksbut we still have a little to know what will be the strategy to be followed by the Americans to appeal this decision.
What is clear is that by proxy you can, although it will not be easy if we stick to the case in this type of litigation in the UK. But they still have options. And if not, they will surely find another way to collaborate, in the end we have a Microsoft ready to spend 68,000 million dollars, only they know what they can do with this mountain of money.
FTC and CMA settle against Microsoft and Activision
But returning to the question of the ban by the CMA, now Bobby Kotick spoke in an interview with CNBC where he assures that he is aware that the British organization has been influenced by the American so that the purchase don’t get carried away. According to Activision’s current CEO, Lina Khan used the CMA as “a tool” for her political purposes.
We see these regulators like Lina Khan…Ideology should not play a role in the management of the FTC…We protect foreign companies that have free and open access to our markets and we handcuff American companies. It won’t serve America’s interests…
As I said a few lines above, this soap opera is far from over, but for now, we just have to wait. At this time, neither the CMA nor the FTC have ruled on the matter, but That’s certainly a pretty serious statement. which could put the UK government at risk, few companies will want to invest there if they see that their interests could be harmed by a foreign body.
