The UK’s Competition Market Authority (CMA) has released another document related to the Xbox Activision Blizzard purchase agreement, which shows some interesting statements from Microsoft regarding the Game Pass subscription service and a possible increase in it. in the event of acquisition of the publisher of Call of Duty and Overwatch 2, among others.
Xbox uses the example of when it acquired Bethesda, stating that it didn’t raise prices then, and probably won’t with an acquisition of Activision Blizzard because it would be “counterproductive”.
Essentially, Xbox believes that if Game Pass prices were to increase when the Activision Blizzard deal closes, any short-term gains from the new fees wouldn’t be worth losing subscribers.
The UK CMA’s investigation into the Activision Blizzard deal is ongoing, and today we reported that Sony tried to reverse the acquisition by claiming that Microsoft might be releasing faulty versions of Call of Duty on the platforms. -Playstation forms.