The US competition authority, the FTC, filed a complaint on Thursday to block this acquisition at 69,000 million dollars.
The US competition watchdog launched proceedings on Thursday to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision in the video game sector. This operation of 69,000 million dollars (record for the sector) would raise competition concerns, according to the FTC.
If the deal goes through, “the Xbox maker would gain control of major franchises, allowing it to hurt competition in high-performance game consoles and subscription services by denying or downgrading rivals’ access to its popular content,” the agency said in a statement. statement.
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