According to what our colleagues at MuyComputer tell us, based on information shared by Reuters, Microsoft would have managed to convince to the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission to give the green light to the purchase of Activision Blizzard, news that, of course, would make things much easier for the Redmond giant, and that could be key in the decision to other similar entities that have not yet ruled, or that have done so but have been against it.
The idea that I want to convey to you is very easy to understand, imagine what it would mean if all the competition regulatory bodies gave the go-ahead to the purchase except for the United Kingdom and the United States, or that one of the two ends up giving up. and leave the other as the only obstacle in the Activision Blizzard purchase operation. In the end, this type of have usually adopt a certain conciliatory and unifying stance at the international leveleven though they are autonomous and sovereign (independent), that is why a yes from Europe would have so much weight.
However, the truth is that nothing is certain yet, and that until April 25 we will not have an official response from the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, but right now everything seems to indicate that the answer will be a yes. After knowing this information, the actions of Activision Blizzard they first rose 1.8%, and later rose again 2.6%, which means that investors welcome this purchase operation.
This is all very well, but what has made this change of heart on the part of the European Union towards Microsoft possible? There is no doubt that recent agreements with NVIDIA and Nintendo have been keysince with them Microsoft has shown that its intention is not to monopolize the Activision Blizzard franchises, and has left Sony alone and with a nonsensical argument that falls under its own weight.
Sony has tried to show itself at all times as something that it is not, as a weak party in the video game console and video game sector, and has even come to despise Nintendo in yet another attempt to distort the reality of the market, since the gran N has managed to surpass PS4 in sales with Nintendo Switch and has become, without Call of Duty, the best-selling console of its generation. In the end, the regulatory bodies are getting to know the reality of the market betterthey are seeing the truth of it, and in that truth Sony has been leading since the launch of the PS1 in 1994.
