Earlier this year, Microsoft took a step that shook the gaming world and launched Activision Blizzard. $68.7 billion announced that he was going to buy it. While the said purchase continues to receive backlash from Sony, it is still awaiting approval from many countries.

While Microsoft awaited US and EU approval for the purchase, a striking statement came out of the US today. United States Department of Commercein the statement he shared on his website, will occur announced.

“The Department of Commerce wants to prevent Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard”

In the statement shared directly with the title above, the ministry informed the necessary authorities about the purchase. filed a complaint shared. The reason for this complaint was shared, as Microsoft would have a major competitive advantage with the acquisition.

It was alleged that the commitments to Europe were not fulfilled:

Ministry says Microsoft has made titles like Starfield and Redfall exclusive to Xbox and PC. fails to fulfill its obligations towards the EU. suggested. According to the ministry, Microsoft had made a commitment to competition agencies that it would not refuse games to rival consoles.

A possible reproach has also been made to Microsoft: Activision may lower the quality of its games (??)

These statements in the statement were quite remarkable. The Ministry, acting almost as Sony’s lawyer, conveyed the events that may arise in the event of a Microsoft takeover as follows:

“Microsoft, which controls Activision’s blockbuster franchises, has manipulated Activision’s pricing, resulting in Activision’s products being distributed on competing consoles and game services. degrading game quality or player experiencewill have both the means and the justification to harm competition by changing the terms and timing of access to Activision’s content or by completely blocking competitor content.

The ministry stated that the grievance petition, which was due to be filed 3 to 1 in the Commission, will soon be shared with the public. We will be able to learn the background to these statements when the complaint is published.