Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard - getting all monopolistic again?

[Retro]

At $70bn, it's not a small purchase and follows on from many other recent purchases. Basically, if you wanna game, it's mostly Microsoft now.

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[FF]

Anyone remember when they bought Minecraft?

 

[Retro]

Minecraft was £2.5b, not chicken feed either. It's an unbelievable amount of money for a block building game.

 

[FF]

Minecraft was £2.5b, not chicken feed either. It's an unbelievable amount of money for a block building game.

I mean, I believe it's been a top-selling video game consistently for a decade now, so I bet it's worth much more now

 

[Retro]

You could well be right. I was wondering just how much do Microsoft expect to make off this $70b purchase to make it worth it.