Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

According to news in the morning of January 4, Beijing time, a lawyer from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Tuesday that there were no "substantive" settlement negotiations between the US government and Microsoft to resolve the legal dispute over Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of game maker Activision Blizzard.

In early December, FTC asked a judge to block the deal on the grounds that it would allow Microsoft's home video game console, Xbox, to monopolize Activision games and crowd out Nintendo and Sony's PlayStation.

FTC lawyer James Weingarten said in a brief pre-trial telephone hearing that there were no "substantive" settlement negotiations between the two sides.

Microsoft believes the deal will benefit both players and game companies and proposes to sign a legally binding agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to provide "call of Duty" games to competitors, including Sony. The term is 10 years.

The case reflects the tough attitude taken by the US government in antitrust law enforcement. But antitrust experts say FTC will face an uphill battle to persuade judges to block the deal as Microsoft has voluntarily made concessions to allay concerns that it could dominate the gaming market.

FTC Administrative Law Judge Michael Chapel (Michael Chappell) will rule on the deal after a hearing scheduled for August 2023. Either party may appeal to the challenging committee member and then to the United States Court of Appeal.

The deal also faces scrutiny by the European Union, which will decide by March 23 whether to approve or block the deal.

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