Why is the world divided by Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard?

Enrique Dans
Enrique Dans
Published in
3 min readMay 21

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IMAGE: Microsoft, XBox and Activision Blizzard logos stacked

Microsoft’s acquisition of the American video game company Activision Blizzard has turned into a year-long soap opera set against a backdrop of antitrust enforcement where we are now seeing unexpected plot twists.

Over the years, we have become used to US antitrust authorities turning a blind eye to Big Tech’s many transgressions, among

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Enrique Dans
Enrique Dans

Professor of Innovation at IE Business School and blogger (in English here and in Spanish at enriquedans.com)