Brazil's regulator has approved Xbox's Activision Blizzard deal, saying its job isn't to defend the 'interest of specific competitors.'
In the summary, CADE admitted that Microsoft owning Activision Blizzard could impact Sony's business, especially if Microsoft decided to make Call of Duty exclusive to the Xbox platform.
Several more arguments are made in Microsoft's defence, with CADE focusing on the FPS franchise. The regulator said that if Activision Blizzard games, including Call of Duty, were to become exclusive to Xbox, this exclusivity"would not result in a substantial reduction in the levels of competition." Seemingly addressing Sony, CADE then said,"Furthermore, it is important to highlight that the central objective of CADE's activities is the protection of competition as a means of promoting the well-being of Brazilian consumers, and not the defence of the particular interests of specific competitors."
CADE added:"In this sense, although it is recognised that part of the users of PlayStation consoles could decide to migrate to Xbox in the event that Activision Blizzard games – and especially Call of Duty – become exclusive to the Microsoft ecosystem, CADE does not believe that such a possibility represents, in itself, a risk to competition in the console market as a whole."
The acquisition still has many more hurdles to clear before the deal is finalised. In the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority
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