Not without concessions. I expect a few Activision titles to remain multiplatform if Microsoft wants this deal to go through. And that's a big IF it goes through

Orchard “Acquisitions going through don't cancel lawsuits or criminal proceedings.”
In his case yes it does as all those lawsuits are inherited by the new owners while he possibly leaves the company with a clean record plus not been fired or been held accountable means he can be hired by another company

It will no longer be his problem, MS will have to be the one that takes on all these problems

Look at him and them eyes

lol those eyes are not from this world

^ ikr? It's the same with Bill Gates and Tony Blair.

So you buy nothing that's made in China, good on you for not funding imprisoning Uyghurs... why do you think Tencent owning Activision Blizzard will make any difference to Chinas human rights violations?

Grow up.

I do indeed avoid buying "Made in China" when possible yes, I actively look at the country of manufacture when shopping in a store. Obviously it's not feasible to completely avoid it, but the less I give to the CCP, the better.

And yes, Tencent are in bed with the CCP, so the less money they get the better.

I am a grown up, that's why I'm concerned about the CCP's human rights violations and not funding it more than necessary 🤷

Not Activision in particular, but the US markets overall. How do we remain competitive with China when we are so restrictive and they run free?

It might not have any immediate impact, but over the longer term, China is likely going to overtake the US on that front.

***How do we remain competitive with China when we are so restrictive and they run free?***

We are breaking our own records, which are the leading records for video game companies in the world. How can we ever remain competitive when we are winning the competition? How?

***China is likely going to overtake the US on that front.***

China is setting itself up as its own market. They restrict gaming time, they restrict what you can play. But, they're not doing anything outside of it except for a few mobile games. The mass majority of mobile games are Western games and make tons of money. Consoles and PC? Overwhelmingly Western/Japanese.

I understand Tencent buying up things, but outside of that, China is setting up its own market to keep others out, but they still aren't controlling the market outside of China at all. Just the desire for businesses to make money in China.

@Christopher We are indeed the leaders today, but for how long?

Tencent are moving to be a, if not the, dominant force in international gaming though, regardless of restrictions within China. Just look at their stake in Epic for example, Epic at this point have a very strong grip on both game engines and online services, and by proxy, Tencent too.

Control the middleware, you control the industry.