Sony Reacts to CMA’s Belief That Microsoft-Activision Deal Won’t Hurt Competition: “Surprising, Unprecedented, and Irrational”

[Tsing]

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) pretty much decided last month that Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard would not reduce competition in the console space, and one of the parties that seems to be upset is, of course, Sony. In a new response that can be found on GOV.UK, Sony Interactive Entertainment aired its grievances about the CMA's new and positive attitude over the whole thing, calling its latest position "surprising, unprecedented, and irrational." Microsoft, on the other hand, has gladly welcomed the CMA's revised findings, agreeing with the competition regulator that its planned merger, worth $68.7 billion, will "not result in a substantial lessening of competition for the market for the supply of console gaming services in the UK."

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[Grimlakin]

To be fair Microsoft seems to have a good understanding that the more stuff it's programs run on... the more they make money. I'm sure there is a minimum threshold of serviceability that needs to be met but short of that? I see no issue here.

Other than it's going to be a boat anchor on MS to right the ship. Smart move... spin blizzard back off into a separate entity and let it get good again or fail on it's own merits without dragging into a phone arena.