South Korea Allows Microsoft-Activision Purchase!

Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which would be the largest commercial deal in history if approved, received another green light today. South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has approved the $68.7 billion acquisition of Microsoft.

With the decision of South Korea, the number of countries that approved the purchase reached 38. Before European Union and countries like China and Brazil While the UK approved the purchase, the United Kingdom did not approve the purchase on the grounds that it would harm competition.

The status of the purchase in the US is also unclear:

Although the purchase was approved by a large majority worldwide, Microsoft’s homeland USA shared a statement supporting Sony’s competition concerns. In the report shared in the past months, the Ministry of Commerce stated that after the purchase, Even the quality of the games may decrease. had suggested.

On the other hand, the players in the USA started against Microsoft.prevent purchaseHis request was also rejected by the court. The court ruled that there was no basis for the reasoning that the players would “become harmed” if the purchase took place.