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More concessions from Microsoft to Sony to complete acquisition

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In its relentless attempts to complete the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft is still making concessions to Sony to agree to and move forward with its complete shutdown. The latest of these offers is the agreement to bring Call of Duty to the PlayStation Plus service.

According to a Bloomberg report, Microsoft made this offer to the FTC in the United States to prevent the latter's moves to block the $ 68.7 billion deal on American soil.

The report indicated that Microsoft made this offer in addition to the 10-year offer, which was approved by Nintendo and Valve, but Sony rejected it completely.

The report also indicated that Sony is still silent on the offer to bring Call of Duty to the PlayStation Plus service, and has not expressed any opinion as of this writing. The fight continues to completely block the deal and prevent Microsoft from gaining control of one of the most powerful third-party games.

This move could refute allegations that Microsoft wants to leverage the acquisition deal to boost the power of its monthly service by providing Call of Duty games to the service in exchange for selling them at full price on other platforms.

Sony remains uncertain about Microsoft's offers and is working to withdraw from the deal entirely. Recently, thanks to the FTC's appeal to the US courts, the decision on the deal's fate is expected to be delayed until early 2024.

Microsoft has confirmed that Sony is the biggest opponent in the way of completing the acquisition of Activision Blizzard and is trying hard to prevent it from happening, and is still using the pretext of removing the Call of Duty game from its platforms to gain support from various parties, while Microsoft has given up on the game for several years.