{"id":1676442,"date":"2022-10-06T15:52:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1676442"},"modified":"2022-10-06T15:52:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:52:47","slug":"eu-wants-to-know-if-microsoft-will-block-rivals-after-activision-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-wants-to-know-if-microsoft-will-block-rivals-after-activision-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"EU wants to know if Microsoft will block rivals after Activision deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feu-wants-to-know-if-microsoft-will-block-rivals-after-activision-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1676442&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Foo Yun Chee<\/p>\n<p>BRUSSELS (Reuters) \u2013     EU antitrust regulators are asking games developers whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals\u2019 access to \u201cCall of Duty\u201d maker Activision Blizzard\u2019s best-selling games, according to an EU document seen by Reuters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>EU antitrust regulators are due to make a preliminary decision by Nov. 8 on whether to clear Microsoft\u2019s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision.<\/p>\n<p>The EU competition enforcer also asked if Activision\u2019s trove of user data would give the U.S. software giant a competitive advantage in the development, publishing and distribution of computer and console games, the EU document shows. <\/p>\n<p>The planned acquisition, the biggest in the gaming industry, will help Microsoft better compete with leaders Tencent and Sony.<\/p>\n<p>After its decision next month the European Commission is expected to open a four-month long investigation, underscoring regulatory concerns about Big Tech acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p>Games developers, publishers and distributors were asked whether the deal would affect their bargaining power regarding the terms for selling console and PC games via Microsoft\u2019s Xbox and its cloud game streaming service Game Pass.<\/p>\n<p>Regulators also wanted to know if there would be sufficient alternative suppliers in the market following the deal and also in the event Microsoft decides to make Activision\u2019s games exclusively available on its Xbox, its Games Pass and its cloud game streaming services.<\/p>\n<p>They asked if such exclusivity clauses would reinforce Microsoft\u2019s Windows operating system versus rivals, and whether the addition of Activision to its PC operating system, cloud computing services and game-related software tools gives it an advantage in the video gaming industry.<\/p>\n<p>They asked how important the Call of Duty franchise is for distributors of console games, third-party multi-game subscription services on computers and providers of cloud game streaming services.<\/p>\n<p>The questionnaire, with about 100 questions, asked which of the rivals such as Nvidia\u2019s GeForce Now, Sony\u2019s Playstation, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna and Facebook Gaming could be considered the most attractive following the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Respondents have until Oct. 10 to reply.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Susan Fenton)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/business\/eu-wants-to-know\/attachment\/file-photo-illustration-of-microsoft-and-activision-blizzard-logos\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI950Z8-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI950Z8-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) \u2013 EU antitrust regulators are asking games developers whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals\u2019 access to \u201cCall of Duty\u201d maker Activision Blizzard\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1889536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1676442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/business\/eu-wants-to-know\/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-wants-to-know","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}