Microsoft is putting all its efforts to acquire Call of Duty publisher Activision at any cost. This is quite evident to see from the constant actions taken by the execs of the Xbox maker. They want to make the $68.7 billion deal happen, whatever it takes.
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Working towards the end goal, Microsoft’s President recently announced major news, surprising video gaming enthusiasts as well as the entire industry. He mentioned that his company has signed a huge deal with Nintendo for the future. It will see the arrival of more Xbox titles on Nintendo’s consoles, including Call of Duty. Interestingly, he came up with this unexpected update right before the meeting with the EU regulators on Tuesday. And in the meeting, Microsoft made certain things very much clear when it comes to their proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft won’t have its deal with Activision if there’s no Call of Duty involved
In case anyone missed keeping track of events, the Xbox maker attended a closed hearing on Tuesday. The company’s main objective was to address the European Union’s major concerns over the massive $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard deal. Coming as no surprise, PlayStation giant Sony and other tech firms were also present there. After the meeting, Microsoft went on to have a separate media conference as well.
Although Microsoft’s President Brad Smith didn’t reveal the details of the hearing, he emphasized on completing the deal with the Call of Duty publisher. He mentioned that his company is working constantly to push the deal forward, in order to make it happen eventually.
Moreover, Microsoft made one thing very clear while interacting with the media. Going by the reports, the company has revealed that there will be no deal with Activision if there’s no Call of Duty. Simply put, the Xbox maker wants the blockbuster action franchise, no matter what. Probably that’s one of the main reasons why it proposed to acquire its publisher in the first place, back in January 2022.
Per Smith, it is not “feasible or realistic to think that one game or one slice of this company can be carved out and separated from the rest.” He told this to the reporters while mentioning the COD video game series.
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Source: Yahoo Finance
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