Brazil moves closer to Microsoft's purchase of Activision after giving the go-ahead for the deal

What was going to be the soap opera of the summer is extending into what will eventually be a year-long story, or maybe more. It all started last January when Microsoft announced its plans to acquire Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion. As the months passed by, controversy flooded all the debates due to the different regulatory bodies that must approve the operation for it to go forward.

Now, within the international debate, we have seen progress in South America, Brazil's CADE (Administrative Council for Economic Defense), one of the members of what has become a kind of jury, has approved the acquisition and has not hesitated to be forceful in explaining its reasons. The Brazilian regulator sees no problem with the purchase going ahead.

Brazil votes in Microsoft's favor

According to information from the CADE document, translated on ResetEra and shared by famous analyst Benji-Sales on Twitter, the body in question explains that their job is not "to protect Sony / PlayStations interests or position," and goes further; they don't even consider that if Microsoft decides to keep the Call of Duty franchise exclusive it will affect the competitiveness of the market. “Even if the Activision Blizzard game catalog were to become exclusive to the Microsoft ecosystem after the Transaction SG/Cade considers that such exclusivity would not result in a substantial reduction in the levels of competition”.

PlayStation is fighting for its interests

PlayStation, on the other hand, has positioned itself firmly against the purchase of Activision by Microsoft. So much so that we have recently learned that Jim Ryan himself flew to Brussels to show his concern to the European Union, something that reaffirms its position, since not even a month ago the Japanese company considered "inadequate" the offer of Microsoft in relation to keeping the Call of Duty saga on PlayStation consoles for a limited time.

Source | VGC, Benji-Sales