Microsoft's Activision deal reportedly gains support from European developer federation

as reporting that the EGDF supports the acquisition, with the bulk of the text purporting to be of the EGDF's official statement. The statement reads that the EGDF"acknowledges that Microsoft has the ability for anti-competitive market behaviour and has not in the past consistently respected assurances it has given to continue making games published by companies that it has acquired available on rival platforms.

It goes on to add, however, that"EGDF supports Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition, as its potential positive impacts on the competition in game markets, in general, outweigh the limited console and subscription market-specific competition concerns." EGDF also says that"in the console game markets, Sony is a clear market leader with its PlayStation platform," while Microsoft is"still in a challenger position.

EGDF reportedly shares further arguments, such as how Microsoft's acquisition"allows it to challenge Apple and Google as dominant mobile game market application stores," adding,"The acquisition gives Microsoft the means to challenge Apple in emerging cloud gaming / game subscription service markets. Microsoft is the first gatekeeper platform to build a successful cross-platform cloud gaming/subscription ecosystem.

EGDF's statement also appears to call on Microsoft to take certain actions, including to"continue its investment in cross-platform game development and make its games widely available on all platforms," as well as to"break the console market triopoly and compete on content by lowering its 30% platform fee on Xbox.

EGDF's reported statement appears to succinctly summarise why it seems to support the deal."Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition strengthens the competition benefits for global game markets. EGDF supports fair and sustainable competition in game markets. In particular, EGDF has been concerned about the recent consolidation of the global games industry. The more there are equally strong competing market players, the better for European game developers.

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