The Federal Trade Commission could see the CMA getting out of control on trying to have Microsoft being unable to buy Activision Blizzard as unexpectedly, many within the UK government actually favored the transaction and made a preemptive move.
In a major victory for Microsoft and one of the three important markets which the Activision Blizzard acquisition can be stopped or paused have given the blessing for the transaction to close and this is a major blow to USA’s FTC and UK’s CMA.
We are about to see the repercussions of the United Kingdom giving its thumbs down on the Activision Blizzard buyout by Microsoft, but just another country gave its approval while Microsoft is giving more counter facts against the Cloud Gaming “dominance” narrative.