{"id":86763,"date":"2022-10-04T14:50:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T14:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-launches-a-website-to-show-the-benefits-of-its-activision-blizzard-buyout\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T14:50:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T14:50:56","slug":"xbox-launches-a-website-to-show-the-benefits-of-its-activision-blizzard-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-launches-a-website-to-show-the-benefits-of-its-activision-blizzard-buyout\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Launches a Website to Show the Benefits of Its Activision Blizzard Buyout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Microsoft has launched a website to show the benefits of Xbox&#8217;s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a deal that&#8217;s been widely scrutinized for its potential effects on the industry.<\/p>\n<p>The website outlines Xbox&#8217;s &#8220;vision for gaming&#8221; and states what it claims are the benefits of the $68.7 billion deal for players, game developers, and the gaming industry as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>According to Xbox, it will lead to more games on more devices, more choice when it comes to purchasing games, and more variety for mobile gamers.<\/p>\n<p>On the development side, Xbox said the deal will make it easier for studios to get their games in front of players, lead to fairer marketplace rules, and provide greater flexibility in payment systems, while the industry overall will benefit from increased competition.  Xbox specifically point out that Sony and Nintendo will remain the largest publishers. <\/p>\n<p><output class=\"widget-container\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2337568644\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 slideshow-preview\">\n<p>The 13 Biggest Franchises Microsoft Will Own After the Xbox and Activision Deal<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-862123036 hero-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-container aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-child\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"object-feedback\"\/>\n<p>It also puts an &#8220;emphasis on positive workplace culture,&#8221; perhaps in reference to the controversy surrounding Activision Blizzard itself, which has been accused of fostering a &#8220;frat boy culture&#8221; in a lawsuit filed by the state of California.  Microsoft first approached the Overwatch and Call of Duty developer just three days after a report alleged its CEO Bobby Kotick knew about sexual assault and harassment for years.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition has since faced scrutiny from the UK government, various US senators, the city of New York, and the US Justice Department, and while stockholders of Activision Blizzard approved the deal in April, there&#8217;s still much debate on its merits or potential problems.<\/p>\n<p>Xbox boss Phil Spencer remains confident though, commenting in August that he feels good about progress.  &#8220;I&#8217;ve never done a 70 billion-dollar deal, so I don&#8217;t know what my confidence means,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer.  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The website outlines Xbox&#8217;s &#8220;vision for gaming&#8221; and states what it claims are the benefits of the $68.7 billion deal for players, game developers, and the gaming &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-launches-a-website-to-show-the-benefits-of-its-activision-blizzard-buyout\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Xbox Launches a Website to Show the Benefits of Its Activision Blizzard Buyout<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62915,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/call-of-duty-will-become-part-of-xbox-game-pass-but-launch-on-playstation-on-the-same-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":86763,"position":0},"title":"Call of Duty Will Become Part of Xbox Game Pass, But Launch on PlayStation on the Same Day","date":"September 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed that Call of Duty - along with the likes of Diablo and Overwatch - is eventually coming to Game Pass but it'll still be released on PlayStation on the same day.Announced in a Microsoft blog post, Spencer confirmed that Activision Blizzard's library of games\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":63083,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/uk-watchdog-wants-in-depth-investigation-into-xbox-activision-acquisition-xbox-responds\/","url_meta":{"origin":86763,"position":1},"title":"UK Watchdog Wants &#8216;In-Depth Investigation&#8217; Into Xbox-Activision Acquisition &#8211; Xbox Responds","date":"September 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended an \"in-depth investigation\" into Xbox's intended acquisition of Action-Blizzard. 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