Emhlabeni wokuqala, iSaudi Arabia igunyaze ukutholwa kwebhokisi le-X le-Microsoft lomenzi wegeyimu i-Activation Blizzard

Ibungazwe ngu- Ada Lai/ [i-imeyili ivikelwe] /23 Agasti 2022

I-TAG: I-Microsoft ithenga i-Activision Blizzard

I-Core Clew:ISaudi Arabia manje isiyizwe lokuqala emhlabeni ukuqaphela futhi igunyaze ukutholwa kwe-Microsoft kwe-Activision Blizzard, futhi umlawuli owaziwa ngokuthi yi-Directorate General for Competition usanda kumemezela ukugunyaza ukutholwa, okuvumela ukuthi isivumelwano siqhubeke, okungenani e-Saudi Arabia…

ISaudi Arabia manje isiyizwe lokuqala emhlabeni ukuqaphela nokugunyaza ukutholwa kweMicrosoft kwe-Activision Blizzard. Umlawuli Wokuncintisana waseSaudi usanda kumemezela ukugunyazwa kwawo, ovumela isivumelwano ukuthi siqhubeke, okungenani eSaudi Arabia.

Lezi zindaba zivela kumuntu oqaphile embonini u-Klobrille, obone isimemezelo se-Directorate General for Competition futhi waphawula ku-Twitter ukuthi "iSaudi Arabia ingumlawuli wokuqala ukugunyaza ukuthengwa kwe-Activision Blizzard." Isinyathelo seSaudi Arabia singamangaza abanye, kepha isivumelwano kulindeleke ukuthi siphothulwe esikhathini esithile kule nyanga, ngisho nase-United States. Ukuhlanganiswa okwamanje kubuyekezwa yi-Federal Trade Commission.

NgoJulayi, iMicrosoft yathi iFederal Trade Commission kungenzeka ivume ukutholwa kwebhokisi le-X le-Activision Blizzard (ATVI) ngo-Agasti.

Lesi sinyathelo silandela ihlazo lokungaziphathi kahle eliqhubekayo e-Activision Blizzard. IMicrosoft ithembise ukwenza izinguquko, kodwa njengoba izinto zimi, abasebenzi benkampani baphushele ukuvikelwa yinyunyana.

UMongameli weMicrosoft uBrad Smith usanda kuchaza ukuthi inkampani ilandela kanjani “izimiso ezintsha mayelana nenhlangano yabasebenzi nokuthi sizozibandakanya kanjani ezingxoxweni ezibucayi mayelana nomsebenzi nabasebenzi, izinhlangano zabasebenzi, nabanye ababambiqhaza ababalulekile.” USmith wengeze wathi, “Abasebenzi bethu ngeke kudingeke bahlele ukuze babe nengxoxo nabaholi beMicrosoft. Kodwa futhi siyaqaphela ukuthi indawo yokusebenza iyashintsha. Yingakho sabelana nezinhlangano zabasebenzi ngezimiso eziqondisa indlela yethu yokwenza izinto.”

Isivumelwano phakathi kweMicrosoft kanye ne-Activision Blizzard, engenzeka ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti, sizobona inqwaba yezihloko ze-IP, okuhlanganisa i-Call of Duty, i-World of War-craft, i-DIABLO, i-Over-watch kanye ne-Wolves, iba yingxenye yebhokisi lebhokisi le-Microsoft. .

NgoJanuwari, iMicrosoft yamemezela ukuthi izothenga umthuthukisi wegeyimu kanye nomshicileli wokuzijabulisa osebenzisanayo i-Activision Blizzard ngama- $95 ngesheya ngalinye esivumelwaneni esingu-$68.7 billion okulindeleke ukuthi sivalwe ngo-2023 wezimali. Kungaba ukutholwa okubiza kakhulu kwe-Microsoft.