Britain blocks Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard

  • 📰 CNBC
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 38 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 72%

الإمارات العربية المتحدة أخبار أخبار

الإمارات العربية المتحدة أحدث الأخبار,الإمارات العربية المتحدة عناوين

Britain's top competition regulator on Wednesday moved to block Microsoft's acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard.

slumped 10% in U.S. pre-market trading.

Microsoft could make Activision's games exclusive to its cloud gaming platform, Xbox Game Pass, cuting off distribution to other key players in the space, the CMA said. "Microsoft has a strong position in cloud gaming services and the evidence available to the CMA showed that Microsoft would find it commercially beneficial to make Activision's games exclusive to its own cloud gaming service," the CMA said in a press released Wednesday.

Microsoft offered the CMA remedies in an attempt to resolve its concerns — including "requirements governing what games must be offered by Microsoft to what platforms and on what conditions over a ten-year period" — however the regulator rejected the proposals.

 

شكرًا لك على تعليقك. سيتم نشر تعليقك بعد مراجعته.
لقد قمنا بتلخيص هذا الخبر حتى تتمكن من قراءته بسرعة. إذا كنت مهتمًا بالأخبار، يمكنك قراءة النص الكامل هنا. اقرأ أكثر:

 /  🏆 12. in AE

الإمارات العربية المتحدة أحدث الأخبار, الإمارات العربية المتحدة عناوين

Similar News:يمكنك أيضًا قراءة قصص إخبارية مشابهة لهذه التي قمنا بجمعها من مصادر إخبارية أخرى.

Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition blocked by UK regulatorsMicrosoft says it will appeal the decision
مصدر: verge - 🏆 94. / 67 اقرأ أكثر »