Activision Blizzard: Immediate agreement between Microsoft and CMA as a result of a press error

hypothesis a Quick deal between Microsoft and the cm extension It seems that it was only the result of a press error, which was considered the result of new talks between the Redmond house and the English antitrust authority regarding the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

complicated situation

As it later emerged, negotiations are still on the high seas and the CMA has not taken any steps back in the face of Microsoft’s proposed small divestment. However, CNBC, the first newspaper to report the news, initially spoke of the practically immediate acceptance of the new proposal by the Capital Markets Authority, so much so that it suggests that the English antitrust authority was somehow persuaded to rule in favor of Microsoft at the request of a preliminary injunction to acquire The FTC to retrace its steps, in a somewhat insulting way, at least from how it tells everything.

In fact, things went quite differently, as is widely understood until now, with CMA Offer rejected from Microsoft and agreed to new investigations into the acquisition only on the condition that Microsoft renegotiate the agreement with Activision Blizzard, and operationally restart the process.

In fact in the UK the acquisition still stands blocked And with only a few days left until the end of the period Microsoft and Acivision Blizzard agreed upon to close the acquisition, the whole process could slow down, unless there are coup attempts to seal the deal anyway.

In short, many seem to have claimed victory too soon, with yesterday’s sentence certainly helping Microsoft but not solving all the knots of the matter.