Acquisition of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft faces key weeks in the United States
The Federal Trade Commission could give its approval to the operation as early as August.
Earlier this year, one of the most important news in the recent history of video gaming as an industry broke: the announcement by Microsoft of the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. Since then the operation has run its course through different news, but it could be in August when it faces one of its most relevant phases: United States Federal Trade Commission.
Today, VGC echoes information from Dealreporter, a firm specializing in such deals and mergers, where it explains that Xbox owners have already provided all the documentation required by the regulator. This opens a 30-day period for the federal commission to delve deeper into the operation, provided Activision-Blizzard does its part.
According to the North American portal, after this period, the commission can take three decisions– Close the investigation and green light the deal, negotiate with Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard to include various terms in the deal to keep the market competitive, or ultimately choose to block the deal with an injunction preliminary ruling in federal court.
Even if it goes free in the US, Microsoft will still have to get around the UK competition watchdog investigation. Since the announcement of the purchase was almost made $69 billionThey have sought to resolve competitive doubts by assuring that multiplatform legends like Call of Duty from Microsoft will continue to arrive on PlayStation as they did with Minecraft.
In Seeking Alpha, they remember Activision Blizzard’s current price of $77.39 per share, which is well below Microsoft’s bid, which may indicate that there is still some doubt. Fortunately, these could dissipate as soon as next month.
Source: 3D Juegos
