A short distance from the emergence of indiscretions related to a new proposal from Microsoft to the EU, which would guarantee the permanence of COD on PlayStation hardware for a good ten years, further indiscretions arrive on the fate of Activision.
From the pages of Dealreporter, which cites “sources close to the US Federal Trade Commission”, an indiscretion is being disseminated linked to a possible meeting held over the weekend and which would have seen talk to the top management of Microsoft and Sony. The two giants of the gaming industry would have confronted the objective of reaching an agreement that would guarantee the go-ahead for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard from Redmond. The discussions would have featured the age-old issue of publishing Activision titles on PlayStation hardware.
According to the sources – obviously kept anonymous by Dealreporter – a turning point in the negotiations should soon take place. There Federal Trade Commission The USA, in particular, would plan to publish some recommendations by mid-December 2022. In addition, the body would subsequently intend to issue a definitive judgment on the commercial operation by the end of January 2023.
At the moment, we emphasize, we are talking about simple unconfirmed rumors, which could therefore prove to be unfounded or inaccurate. To find out more, all that remains is to wait for official declarations from the subjects involved.
