Two considerations to an acquisition.
1. Microsoft has a say in who the Activision-Blizzard Cloud licenses are divested to but only within reasonable complaints: Under "certain circumstances" Microsoft has to consent the divestment to a third party. But the consent "cannot be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned". I doubt it will be a problem for Tencent, would maybe be a problem for someone like Amazon though.
2. America investigated Tencent's acquisition of Sumo Group under "security concerns" which ultimately passed but Ubisoft is far bigger than Sumo Group with way bigger American teams than them too, I imagine a similar security investigation will happen. Also, I'd not be surprised to see FTC attempt to block it given how active they are lately.
May be considerations that Tencent has to take, might be easier if Ubisoft just went with a random private equity firm, Lol. Also Macron lately has been banging on about Europe being left behind by America and China and how Europe needs to do more to remain competitive, France just voted in favour of tariffs on Chinese EVs...I think there's a decent chance France may fight a Tencent acquisition of their largest videogame publisher.
Lets see if we see another regulatory battle, Lol.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 04 October 2024
