The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has posted feedback from six studios who have given their opinions on Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. All six have said the deal should go ahead.
They claimed that Microsoft has always honoured its contracts and obligations in the 25 years they’ve dealt the company, and noted that Chinese company“If Microsoft is prevented from acquiring Activision, would the UK consumers be better served if they were acquired by Tencent instead?” they asked, suggesting that Tencent would be less subject to western regulation should it try to acquire the publisher.
The fifth reply came from a business who claims to release games on various platforms including Xbox and. “On PlayStation, we’ve found our sales growing stagnant with each release,” they claimed. “As a result, we’ve found that, despite Xbox having much smaller player numbers and console sales than PlayStation, our games sell just as well on Xbox, since more players are finding our games there.”
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