Games
I still can’t see a resolution for Microsoft’s Activision buyout, even after the Nintendo and Nvidia deals
I’m watching Brad Smith, Microsoft’s vice chair and president, waft a hefty document aloft claiming it’s the deal Microsoft sent to PlayStation just two days before Christmas 2022. I’m seeing this unfold from a conference room in Brussels, Belgium, just hours after the latest court hearing with the European Commission concluded. Even after all of this, it’s still not clear how exactly Microsoft is going to finalize its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The Microsoft Activision deal has now been in discussion for 13 months (and counting), and the platform holder seems no closer to swaying Sony – let alone the various regulatory bodies investigating the proposed Activision acquisition.
