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1. Microsoft is agreeing to buy Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, but the deal may not go ahead because the FTC is worried about Microsoft's plans to make "Call of Duty" exclusive to the Xbox.2. The second worry is that Microsoft could gain an insurmountable lead in a nascent market. Neither worry is a reason to block the merger.
Microsoft is in the middle of a megadeal to buy Activision Blizzard, a game studio. Trustbusters have two main worries the first is that Microsoft might make "Call of Duty" exclusive to the Xbox, undermining competition between the ecosystems the second is that Microsoft's cloud-computing business, Azure, might give it a technological edge while Game Pass—expanded to include Activision Blizzard's portfolio—provides the best content. Neither worry is a reason to block the merger.
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