Microsoft would extend the 10-year agreement to all Activision Blizzard games. After the latest news and advances on the subject, and with the concern of the EC that competition in the video game markets will be reduced with this agreement, we have new and very interesting news.
The concern was because a franchise like COD that accumulates and manages so much money, was monopolized by a single company, thus reducing competition, especially in areas such as cloud and PC games. This concern has been dismissed by several lawyers and members of the case.
Microsoft would extend the 10-year agreement to all Activision Blizzard games, and more details below
From Equity Report, some of the lawyers who are fully involved in the case have exclusively confirmed that Microsoft would be offering a provision to guarantee that Sony itself obtains COD games at a discount from Microsoft’s price, as well as new versions of COD that are released over the years.
In addition, another actor that participated in this dispute was Google, which expressed its concern that this agreement meant that developers were more dedicated and working for platforms like Windows than for the others. His proposal was left in a vacuum, since according to members of the case, this concern lacked a logical sense.
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Apart from competition concerns, it is assumed that both Microsoft and Activision Blizzard would have in mind proposing an offer that encompasses a 10-year license for all Activision games with the aim of unblocking the process and legally accepting the purchase, putting aside the general controversy once and for all. Microsoft would extend the 10-year agreement to all Activision Blizzard games and this seems to be an increasingly confirmed fact.