As expected, the European Commission approved the purchase Activision Blizzard from the side Microsoft. This has already been pointed out by reliable sources and the statement of the European Commissioner for Economic Competition Margrethe Vestager. Now the European authorities have finally come to the conclusion that the acquisition will not have a negative impact on the European gaming market.
All involved authorities investigate mainly two areas: console market and cloud gaming. The EU (like the UK) is not worried about equal competition in the console space. “Microsoft has no incentive to deny Sony, the leading distributor of console games, Activision games.” the commission goes directly to Microsoft’s main competitor. Even if this happens, according to the authorities, it will not have a significant impact on the market.
Microsoft dismisses concerns about the cloud or streaming gaming market with promised measures. Will provide free license for cloud service operatorstherefore, game streaming from Microsoft and Activision Blizzard will not be restricted to the Xbox Cloud Gaming service included with Game Pass Ultimate.
“Our decision represents an important step towards [ochraně hospodářské soutěže]as streaming of popular Activision games is available to more devices and consumers than ever before. The commitments proposed by Microsoft will for the first time allow these games to be streamed to all cloud services, thereby increasing competition and growth opportunities,” concludes the decision of the European Commissioner. Vestager.
The European Union has already become the eighth official (according to Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, the tenth) organization that approved the deal. Acquisition, on the other hand, faces resentment US authoritieswhich sparked a lawsuit. Makeup will start in August. Also decided to block the purchase British authorities. Microsoft will file an appeal against the islands.
Source : Zing
