Michael Pachter sits down to discuss the Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal and his thoughts on how it's going to impact the industry. We go in-depth about his analysis of how it'll impact Sony PlayStation and how he believes the CMA case will play out should they decide to block the merger. The Xbox news today has been all about the CMA decision expected on April 26th, with the EU leaning toward approving the Activision deal. PlayStation has explicitly told Activision that it only wants to block the deal and is not interested in hearing anything that Activision or Microsoft has to say. In addition to all of this the Microsoft FTC case looms and he has some thoughts about how that could potentially be dropped and swing in Microsoft's favor.
Previously: Microsoft if in Brussels today and held a brief conference to announce a 10-year deal to bring Xbox games to Nintendo consoles, and a 10-year deal to bring their games to Nvidia's Geforce now. This Xbox News comes after a behind closed doors meeting with the EU Commission about the Microsoft Activision Blizzard purchase and getting the deal to go through with regulators. They have a contract ready to be signed by Sony today and both Jim Ryan and Bobby Kotick were in attendance. Here's what you need to know.
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