thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.uk · 1 year agoMicrosoft’s deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard cleared by UKwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareBlake [he/him]@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago Federal Trade Commission is maintaining its opposition to the deal but it cannot prevent Microsoft and Activision from completing it Wasn’t the FTC specifically created to block/prevent corporate mergers to stop companies from becoming too big?
minus-squareMchugho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYes, but they’re not too big. Microsoft still trails behind Sony in the gaming sphere. The problem was actually over the cloud gaming sphere in which Microsoft do have a much larger share of the pie.
Wasn’t the FTC specifically created to block/prevent corporate mergers to stop companies from becoming too big?
Yes, but they’re not too big. Microsoft still trails behind Sony in the gaming sphere. The problem was actually over the cloud gaming sphere in which Microsoft do have a much larger share of the pie.