What seemed to be an endless chapter seems to have already written its last lines. Microsoft has managed to get a judge to accept its agreement with Activision understanding that will not have unfavorable repercussions against your competition, and after this great victory, those from Redmond are already negotiating against the other large part that had been refusing until now: the British of the CMA.
Victory against the FTC
The US Federal Trade Commission will eventually give Microsoft permission to complete the deal with Activision for 68.700 billion dollars, as ordered by a judge in a court order issued on July 11. The judge has found no evidence confirming the FTC's suspicions about the possible withdrawal of Call of Duty from PlayStation or that Activision content in the hands of Microsoft negatively affects other cloud services.
This decision obliges the FTC not to prevent Microsoft from moving forward with the settlement, at least temporarily, since the organization could appeal again until next July 14, without forgetting that another antitrust trial related to the purchase will take place on August 2.
playstation is quiet
Meanwhile, from PlayStation they have preferred not to give any type of statement, perhaps, waiting for another of the great parts of this soap opera to pass sentence. And it is that the CMA will still have to give a final opinion on the matter, and everything indicates that Microsoft will score the final goal.
The change of the CMA
With the partial victory in the United States against the FTC, Microsoft has now sent the ball over to the roof of the CMA, the British authority that until now had been implacable in the matter. Well, according to the latest information, it seems that both parties are willing to negotiate. The key could lie in agreements similar to those reached with the European Union, where they promised to Automatically license Activision games on competing cloud gaming services for 10 years globally, to allow consumers to choose the platform they want.
In this way, the blockade in the United Kingdom is currently in a bypass that could change course in the coming days, thus closing this endless purchase that seemed to never end.
A victory with suspense
In any case, we must remember that the FTC still has the option of appealing the ruling, not to mention the antitrust trial date that It will be held on August 2. Things could change colors unexpectedly again, so we'll see how these crucial last days for Microsoft play out.
