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Despite the fact that a few weeks ago everything seemed to be against Microsoft in the face of the approval of the purchase of Activision Blizzard, the situation has taken a radical turn in recent days. To the possible approval of the EC and the CMA, yesterday was added the very rapid approval of the JFTC, the Japanese competition agency, which approved the operation in record time. After this, in an email sent to its workers, Activision Blizzard CEO Stokes Sony because of the position they have adopted and which has less and less support among the different organizations.
Posted via Activision Blizzard’s own blog, the email sent by Bobby Kotick has been made public by the company. In it, Kotick laments the position that Sony has adopted throughout the purchase validation process, in which they have come to admit that they were not even concerned with Call of Duty, but with preventing the purchase from coming to fruition. Given this, the CEO of Activision has said that “This is obviously disappointing behavior from a partner for almost thirty years”.
Activision Blizzard CEO Stokes Sony
However, despite Sony’s behavior, Kotick claims that this will not be impacted on PlayStation playersgiven that “they know that we will continue to deliver the best possible games on Sony platforms as we have since the launch of PlayStation”. These statements seem to be in line with the recent conclusion reached by the CMA, in which they consider that making exclusive games like Call of Duty does not make sense for Microsoft.
This is obviously disappointing behavior from a partner of nearly thirty years, but we will not allow Sony’s behavior to affect our long-term relationship. PlayStation gamers know that we will continue to deliver the best possible games on Sony platforms as we have since the launch of PlayStation.
In addition, this email has not only served for the CEO of Activision Blizzard to encourage Sony, but also to ensure that They hope that in the coming weeks the deal will receive the green light of the different regulatory bodies. In fact, it stands out that those who initially had doubts about the viability of the agreement are getting closer and closer to positioning themselves in favor of Microsoft and his company.
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Kotick closed the email by stating that they will continue to meet with UK and European regulators until they both issue their final conclusions, while confirming that they are working closely with Microsoft to get answers to any questions the bodies may have about the fusion.