Activision Blizzard Games Must Appear on Competing Cloud Services

Activision Blizzard Games Must Appear on Competing Cloud Services
[May 16, 2023, 10:50 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

A tweet from Brad Smith outlines one of the consequences of the EU Commission approval of the proposed Microsoft/Activision Blizzard merger. Presumably, this hinges on the deal going through. The Microsoft vice chair and president explains that "popular" Activision Blizzard games must be automatically served through competing cloud services worldwide:

The European Commission has required Microsoft to license popular Activision Blizzard games automatically to competing cloud gaming services. This will apply globally and will empower millions of consumers worldwide to play these games on any device they choose.

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Re: Activision Blizzard Games Must Appear on Competing Cloud Services
May 17, 2023, 05:31

VaranDragon

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Re: Activision Blizzard Games Must Appear on Competing Cloud Services May 17, 2023, 05:31

May 17, 2023, 05:31

VaranDragon

RogueSix wrote on May 16, 2023, 12:18:
As always, the EU is dumb as fuck (or corrupt as fuck... looking at recent EU corruption scandals who knows if M$ didn't simply pay for this decision?).

What the hell are you talking about? This decision doesn't benefit Microsoft, in fact it forces Microsoft to "provide" their games on streaming platforms other than their own.