Follow upnintendoand NVIDIA After reaching the cooperation, Microsoft wants to use similar methods to dispel the regulator’s doubts about its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.Earlier they announced that they have partnered with cloud game service provider Boosteroid Signed a ten-year agreement, promising to bring Xbox PC games and Activision Blizzard titles like Call of Duty to the other party’s platform once the deal with Activision Blizzard is completed. If you’re not familiar with Boosteroid, it’s currently the world’s largest independent cloud gaming service, with millions of users in the EU, UK, and US.
Prior to this, Microsoft also proposed a similar cooperation plan to Sony, but the other party did not adopt it. Sony thinks Microsoft mightweakenThe performance and quality of “Call of Call” on the PlayStation platform, and players may therefore turn to the Xbox camp. Microsoft has always emphasized that “it does not make any commercial sense to withdraw “Decisive Moment” from PlayStation.” At the same time, it also stated that the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is more to enrich the game lineup, especially to expand its influence in the mobile market.
The EU has until April 25 to make a final statement on whether to agree to the deal, and the UK Competition and Markets Authority is expected to publish its decision later.On the U.S. side, the FTC filed a lawsuit late last year to block the takeover.Anticompetitive Litigation. If Microsoft can’t come up with a modification plan that satisfies the FTC before July, it may have to face renegotiation or abandon the deal.
