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by InsomniacL 1062 days ago
Why shouldn't the deal be blocked?

Whatever services MS want from Activision they can purchase on an ongoing basis without blocking others like Sony just to block the competition.

Who wants Call of Duty to go xbox only like Halo?

Microsoft is a platform provider, the content creators that use their platform should be free to publish to any platform. Otherwise Microsoft bump the prices and say take it or leave it but you can't get it anywhere else.

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Because patches to military software could be "delayed". What operating system does military hardware run on?