It nonetheless feels bizarre to sort that Bungie, the creators of what’s arguably Microsoft’s largest property — Halo — is getting purchased by PlayStation as a largely impartial studio. Whereas the deal appears to maintain their independence in tact, they’re seemingly going to be an enormous participant in bolstering Sony’s dwell service video games market.
With this large $3.4 billion deal nonetheless within the woodworks and topic to regulatory approval, the FTC is formally trying into the deal to guarantee that nothing fishy is occurring behind the curtains. Regardless of this on-going investigation, Sony believes and has detailed to traders throughout a current earnings name that the deal is slated to shut within the third quarter, so by December 31, 2022.
The objective of the merger is partly to assist in bringing Future past video video games, which given Sony’s personal movie and music divisions, they’d be extra more likely to succeed than another. The opposite half is boosting the dwell service video games market Sony appears to wish to improve their presence in. Given the acquisition doesn’t cease Bungie from publishing video games on different platforms, it’s unlikely this FTC investigation will discover any form of anti-trust regulation violations.
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