Microsoft – Activision Blizzard Acquisition Headed to Approval

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Phil Spencer recently spoke with Bloomberg about the future of Xbox. Naturally, the topic of the Microsoft -Activision Blizzard acquisition came up. How did the conversation go?

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“I feel good about the progress that we’ve been making,” Spencer told Bloomberg. “But I go into the process supportive of people who maybe aren’t as close to the gaming industry asking good, hard questions about ‘what is our intent? What does this mean? If you play it out over five years, is this constricting a market? Is it growing a market?”

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“I’ve never done a 70 billion-dollar deal, so I don’t know what my confidence means. I will say the discussions we’ve been having seem positive.”

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The news of the Microsoft – Activision Blizzard purchase first broke earlier this year. Microsoft’s decision to buy the mega-publisher Activision for $70 million sent shockwaves through the gaming industry.

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Powerful franchises such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo would become under the Microsoft and Xbox banner. With those franchises, however, comes the allegations of sexism, misogyny, and misconduct place at the Activision Blizzard studios.

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Raven Software QA testers working on the Warzone franchise have fought back against issues at their publisher. They formed the Game Workers Alliance Union in January after striking against poor working conditions. Spencer has commented a couple of times regarding unionization that has come up during the Microsoft – Activision Blizzard acquisition.

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