{"id":28455,"date":"2023-04-30T03:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T02:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/cma-decision-far-from-the-final-word-on-microsoft-deal-insists-activision-boss-bobby-kotick\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T03:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T02:00:38","slug":"cma-decision-far-from-the-final-word-on-microsoft-deal-insists-activision-boss-bobby-kotick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/cma-decision-far-from-the-final-word-on-microsoft-deal-insists-activision-boss-bobby-kotick\/","title":{"rendered":"CMA decision &#8220;far from the final word&#8221; on Microsoft deal, insists Activision boss Bobby Kotick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nActivision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has responded to this morning&#8217;s stunning decision by the UK&#8217;s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/uk-blocks-microsoft-activision-blizzard-deal\">block Microsoft&#8217;s $69bn acquisition deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn an internal email, <a href=\"https:\/\/activisionblizzard.substack.com\/p\/microsoft-deal-cma-decision\">published publicly<\/a>, Kotick stated the result &#8220;isn&#8217;t the news we wanted &#8211; but it is far from the final word on this deal&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe also confirmed that the decision will be contested, alongside Microsoft. &#8220;We&#8217;re confident in our case because the facts are on our side: this deal is good for competition,&#8221; he said.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cma-decision-far-from-the-final-word-on-microsoft-deal-insists-activision-boss-bobby-kotick\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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