On October 13, Microsoft officially acquired Activision Blizzard, making Microsoft’s largest transaction. This deal included the biggest console and PC franchises such as Call of Duty, Warcraft and Diablo, in addition to establishing a large presence with the addition of King, known for his development of Candy Crush.
However, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission), responsible for protecting consumers from deceptive and unfair practices, is not allowing this agreement to take place by trying to uphold the previous decision of the US court to accept the agreement. canceled.
The FTC is not letting the transaction between Blizzard and Microsoft drop.
In July, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected the preliminary injunction, which, if granted, would have blocked the $69 million deal.
Although, as confirmed by reports from Reuters, The FTC’s lawyer said the judge asked the FTC to show that the agreement was anti-competitivealthough he only said that they needed to prove that it was possible and that Microsoft had the ability and motivation to keep Activision games off non-Xbox platforms.
The lawyer refutes this by showing how Microsoft had made certain Bethesda games exclusive after the Zenimax purchase, and that that was all that was needed to demonstrate that such anticompetitive behavior was potential.
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The case continues to unfold, but Reuters interviewed two experts who said the FTC would have a hard time winning the case.
