Microsoft aikoo ostaa itselleen Activision Blizzardin, mutta jättimäinen kauppa saatetaan torpata siksi, että se antaisi Microsoftille liian määräävän markkina-aseman kilpailijoihin verrattuna. Viime aikoina Xbox-pomo Phil Spencer on ollut puheissa Britannian kilpailuviraston eli Competition and Markets Authorityn (CMA) kanssa, jotta kauppa läpi saataisiin.
Spencer antoi myös haastattelun The Timesille. Xbox jatkaa eloaan, vaikka kauppa peruttaisiin.
"This is an important acquisition for us. It's not some linchpin to the long term - Xbox will exist if this deal doesn't go through."
<em>"Competition is us trying to get stronger. I don't have great rationale for ... how better competition in consoles is somehow hurtful for consumers.
"Because to me, having us, Sony, and Nintendo doing well in the console market — all of us with strengths and uniqueness and content and capabilities — gives consumers more choice.
"I'd hate to see consoles go to where phones are where there are only two manufacturers. And, right now, we have three good competitors."