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☆ What challenges does Microsoft's $69 bln Activision deal face?
  + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Foo Yun Chee Chavi Mehta | Foo Yun Chee | Chavi Mehta | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
WHAT IS THE ACTIVISION DEAL? A group of 10 gamers in the United States has filed a private consumer antitrust lawsuit over the deal. Both companies have signed 10-year licensing deals that will bring Call of Duty to their gaming platform if the Activision deal is approved. Spain's Nware also signed a 10-year deal to bring Xbox and Activision Blizzard games to the Spanish cloud-gaming platform. Microsoft's Smith said the company would fight the FTC's request to block the deal.
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☆ Explainer: How Microsoft is addressing antitrust concerns over Activision deal
  + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Foo Yun Chee | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
WHAT IS THE ACTIVISION DEAL? The UK competition agency CMA has suggested divesting Call of Duty to address its concerns while the European Commission has warned Microsoft about the possible anti-competitive impact of the deal. A group of 10 gamers in the United States has filed a private consumer antitrust lawsuit over the deal. WHAT ARE THE NINTENDO AND NVIDIA LICENSING DEALS? Both companies have signed 10-year licensing deals that will bring Call of Duty to their gaming platforms but these are conditional on the Activision deal being approved.
☆ Microsoft offers Sony 10-year deal for Call of Duty on PlayStation if Activision deal goes through
  + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Regulators have raised concerns that Microsoft could block the hit Call of Duty franchise from being released on rivals' games consoles. Microsoft said it has offered Sony a 10-year contract for Call of Duty to be released on the PlayStation on the same day it comes to the Xbox. Microsoft President Brad Smith said the company offered Sony a 10-year contract to make each new release of Call of Duty available on Sony's PlayStation console at the same time as the U.S. giant's Xbox. Sony shares sank initially after Microsoft announced the acquisition plans in January as investors feared PlayStation would not get access to hit Activision games. "That's why we've offered Sony a 10-year contract to make each new 'Call of Duty' release available on PlayStation the same day it comes to Xbox.
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