Not a fan of big acquisitions like this. Consolidation is looking to be the future for gaming, sadly and can see more big buyouts like this in the years to come. Annoyingly it doesn't benefit consumers and, worst stunts good competition. Activision/Blizzard has a huge hold in the market in all fronts of gaming - PC (MMO in particular with WoW), console and mobile.
The optimist in me hopes this will help Acti/Blizz get their act together with their games and will help the company by getting rid of the rotten apples in there. On the other hand Kotick is still there and a buyout of this size isn't healthy for the future of gaming and further deepens walled gardens. If MS gets EA/Ubisoft as well you might as well call it a monopoly.
Reminds of of how Disney has been basically buying its competition. Leaving only a few big names left in the movie/entertainment business.
