They have not even left the maelstrom of controversies, paperwork and other transactions and regulatory bodies yet in the face of the mammoth acquisition of the creators of Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, which is finding more and more obstacles, and Microsoft is already making eyes at its next big acquisition in the entertainment industry.
As they have shared through the English medium Reuters, Microsoft is preparing to buy Netflix. This would be the next step for the company in the face of the uninterrupted growth that it has been experiencing in recent years, and although it may still take time to hear about it, given that the current priority is the closing of the Activision Blizzard acquisition, it is a play which would make all the sense in the world for the two companies involved.
Microsoft is preparing to buy Netflix, according to a leak
In this case, Microsoft would not only extend itself in the world of streaming with movies and serieswhich would make them take a much bigger leap in their current cloud-based proposal, which is limited to video games, but Netflix’s recent interest in developing and offering video games in its subscription would also mean an addition in terms of a catalog for Xbox Game Pass, not to mention infrastructure.
The most notorious thing is that the Microsoft subscription could become something more than a Game Passbecoming a comprehensive streaming subscription that incorporates both the current huge catalog of video games with the gigantic offer of Netflix series and movies, becoming the streaming service with the most diverse content of the moment.
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As for the creators of Stranger Things, their financial data in recent years has not been exactly to get excited about, so the acquisition by Microsoft would allow them to stabilize financially. In addition to this, the president of Microsoft, Brad Smith, already sits on the board of directors of Netflix, which gives even more cards to this possibility.