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So get this, the Ninth Circuit Court (yep, the big guys) just tossed out this case from the FTC. They were all up in arms about Microsoft snagging Activision Blizzard. You know, the Call of Duty folks. Anyway, the court was like, “Nah, doesn’t look shady to us.”
Apparently, Judge Daniel P. Collins had a moment, saying the FTC kinda failed to prove that Microsoft would hoard Call of Duty just for themselves in the future. Like, who knows, right? But that was their big worry. It seems Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley — shoutout to her — was right on target when she said the FTC couldn’t just block the deal way back in 2023. Time flies, huh?
Collins added some legal talk, basically saying the district court didn’t mess up. It sounds like they applied some legal mumbo jumbo correctly, and the FTC just didn’t have enough juice to show the deal would crush competition. I mean, what even is “evidentiary showing”? Legalese, man.
So, Microsoft said they’d buy Activision Blizzard in 2022. That opened a can of worms with antitrust cases popping up all over the globe. Mainly because of Call of Duty and that Xbox cloud thing. The FTC screamed monopoly! But, guess what? The deal actually went through in 2023. Who would’ve thought?
Anyway, now, here we are with Microsoft owning Activision Blizzard, and the FTC licking their wounds. What’s next? Who knows.
