The Microsoft Takeover of Activision Has Some Concerning Eyes From EU Monitoring the Market for Competition Regarding Call of Duty Only on Xbox, Authoritarian Shows Concern Over ‘His’ PlayStation
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Recently, the news of tech giant Microsoft taking over game development company Activision Blizzard has seen some concerns from the European Commission. The concerns are regarding the one-sided deal that might help Xbox capture the gaming market by a huge margin. And thus amidst all this, an authoritarian from the EU has shown concern about the deal being biased toward PlayStation.
The primary question thus asked by the European Union is whether the deal between Activision and Microsoft will affect the recent 3-year deal between Xbox and PlayStation regarding Call of Duty. Or will the entire market will start collapsing towards one side and making the Japanese console suffer huge losses?
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EU Deputy Head shows concern towards the Microsoft and Activision deal, hinting Xbox can take advantage of Call of Duty as an exclusive
The reports of Microsoft taking over Activision Blizzard for $95.00 per share, or $68.7 billion, were shared by Microsoft themselves, this year in January. This was thus regarded as a game changer for Xbox as industry experts said that the deal might bring a gargantuan gap in the market, especially between the Japanese console PlayStation and American Console Xbox.
Later, European Commission started showing concern for the same, as they stated the fact saying the Activision x Microsoft deal might “harm” competitors in the market. And recently on the 8th of November, EU’s Deputy Head of Unit Interinstitutional & Outreach, Ricardo Cardoso, shared his thoughts on the matter by tweeting, “The Commission is working to ensure that you will still be able to play Call of Duty on other consoles (including my Playstation).”
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The Commission is working to ensure that you will still be able to play Call of Duty on other consoles (including my Playstation). Also on our to do list: update stock pictures. These gamers have wired controllers whereas Xbox and Playstation have wireless ones since about 2006! https://t.co/Gfvsi3rKXD
— Ricardo Cardoso (@RCardosoEU) November 8, 2022
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Senior Editor at The Verge, Tom Warren, GAVE his take on EU’s Depute Head, by saying that the concern for the deal might be coming from Cardoso’s own love for PlayStation. The Verge’s Senior Editor wrote on his Twitter, “Microsoft has been super clear about Call of Duty on PlayStation, but the European Commission continues to voice concerns. Apparently those concerns also relate to “my PlayStation” in some cases.”
Microsoft has been super clear about Call of Duty on PlayStation, but the European Commission continues to voice concerns. Apparently those concerns also relate to “my PlayStation” in some cases 😶 https://t.co/TiZwwr3x13
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) November 12, 2022
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One thing also to be noted here, is that Xbox and PlayStation signed a deal regarding Call of Duty last month. Phil Spencer, CEO of Xbox in a statement to The Verge, “In January, we provided a signed agreement to Sony to guarantee CoD on PlayStation, with feature and content parity, for at least several more years beyond the current Sony contract, an offer that goes well beyond typical gaming industry agreements.” The deal was later revealed to be for 3 years, as of now.
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Edited by:
Pritam Priyedarshi