Xbox Activision Deal Gets A Green Signal From Turkey Amidst The Battle With FTC

The Activision acquisition chapter has become a long-running story for gaming fans. Ever since Microsoft announced the trade of acquiring Call of Duty makers, it has been a long stretch of legal battles. The US Federal Trade Commission has left no stone unturned to deny Xbox from the acquisition. Besides all the efforts by FTC, the console giant has emerged stronger and closer to the success of the trade. 

After the Xbox company emerged victorious in legal warfare, fans thought the controversial episode had met its end. But with the FTC still aiming to block the deal, there’s a lot more to happen. Xbox fans in the US might have to wait longer, whereas some countries have already gone ahead with the trade. Turkey became the latest nation to give official approval to the acquisition. 

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The Xbox management has been trying all the ways out to get over the acquisition soon. While the corporation is working with the UK’s CMA to resolve some deal-related difficulties, news of the deal’s passage in other areas of the world, particularly Turkey, has just surfaced. The Chief Commercial Officer of Activision Blizzard officially confirmed the news through Twitter. 

Taking the announcement to Twitter, the CCO wrote, “Today, Turkey unconditionally approved our merger with Microsoft. Now, yet another country has arrived at a thoughtful decision that protects consumers and competition rather than the entrenched dominance of the market leader.”

It is interesting to note how the latter took a dig at the rival companies. For obvious reasons, fans have speculated about Sony’s objection to the acquisition. The rival console brand wouldn’t want massive CoD traffic to move from the current centralized platform. This was also pointed out by the Judge while concluding the FTC vs Microsoft case. 

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Undoubtedly, the completion of the deal would be for the benefit of gaming fans. This would open a lot of alternative platforms for the CoD developers to sustain their titles. Microsoft and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority have yet to reach an agreement, and the authority has formally extended its inquiry process once more with a deadline of August 29.

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