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Phil Spencer has left no subject untouched in the interview he has given. As a result of the controversies that arose from the launch of Redfall, Spencer has taken the opportunity to reiterate his commitment to the great Xbox launches for the future. Of course, the Activision-Blizzard purchase He has not missed the interview. The CMA’s decision has been a turning point for the entire Microsoft team, including Phil Spencer. However, all hope is not lost. On the one hand, the team is already preparing the appeal to the Competition Court and, on the other hand, the new Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of September 14, 2022 on contestable and equitable markets in the digital sector opens the door to acceptance by the European Commission.
And it is that, through this Regulation (also known as the DMA, Digital Markets Act), the European Commission establishes control channels to the technological giants that provide digital services, when they offer conditions that do not comply with the rules of competition European. Vestager herself has been clear in announcing the application of the Regulation and the eyes of the entire industry have been directed to the existing monopoly on mobile phones: Play Store and App Store.
Spencer trusts the appeal against the CMA’s decision.
Phil Spencer presses the CMA: “it has defined a market that does not exist today”:
Spencer wanted to take the opportunity to reiterate her confidence that the agreement will be carried out. Of course, the CMA’s decision hasn’t been pretty, but Microsoft plans to appeal it. It’s not just the CMA’s decision that matters, though: Microsoft has gotten the “yes” vote from 9 of 14 jurisdictions, according to their estimates, and they continue to work closely with the FTC and CMA.
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«The decision of the CMA has been disappointing. We’ve been talking to them for a year and they’ve defined a market, that of cloud gaming, that still doesn’t exist today. From their point of view, we are leaders in a market that is forming now and that may prevent others from competing.
But we will appeal. We stand firm, the company is very, very committed. Activision Blizzard is not our strategy, but it is a part of it, so we continue to work on it to regulate it.
Once again, the controversial decision of the CMA, which has revolved exclusively around the cloud gaming market, continues to give something to talk about. And even more so if we take into account that the CMA itself has discouraged Microsoft, in its final report, from entering the mobile market, because Google and Apple already occupy an indisputable dominant position.