On September 23, it was reported by foreign media that although Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard began to face more pressure from regulators, Satya Nadella, Microsoft's chief executive officer (CEO), said he was "very confident" that the transaction would be approved by regulators.
据外媒9月23日报道,尽管微软收购动视暴雪的交易面临着更多监管机构的压力,但微软面临着更大的压力。CEO(CEO)萨蒂亚·纳德拉(SatyaNadella)他说,他已经获得了监管机构的批准“非常有信心”。
In January this year, Microsoft announced that it would acquire Activision Blizzard, a game developer and interactive entertainment content publisher, at a price of $95 per share. The total price of this transaction reached $68.7 billion, and it is expected to be completed in fiscal year 2023. The transaction needs to be approved by the United States, the European Union, China and other major markets.
今年1月,微软宣布将以每股95美元的价格收购游戏开发和互动娱乐内容发行商,总价687亿美元,预计将于2023财年完成。该交易需要得到美国、欧盟、中国等主要市场的批准。
Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard comes at a time when regulators around the world worry that they have not taken due intervention in the previous transactions of large technology companies.
当全球监管机构担心他们没有对大型科技公司之前的交易采取应有的干预措施时,微软收购了动视暴雪。
It is reported that this transaction is currently under investigation in Britain, the United States, Brazil and other places, and the final decision may take at least a few months. If all goes well, the deal is expected to be approved by next summer.
据报道,该交易目前正在英国、美国、巴西等地进行调查,最终决定至少需要几个月。如果一切顺利,该交易预计将在明年夏天之前获得批准。
The UK Competition and Market Authority has announced that it will conduct a more in-depth "second stage" investigation of the transaction. The agency believes that this transaction will damage the competition in the game console market, subscription service market and cloud game market.
英国竞争和市场管理局宣布将进一步交易“第二阶段”调查。该机构认为,该交易将损害游戏机市场、订阅服务市场和云游戏市场的竞争。
In addition, Sony also accused Microsoft of misleading the game industry and regulators on whether Call of Duty is compatible with PlayStation. The company said that Microsoft would only allow Activision Blizzard's popular game to continue to be compatible with PlayStation within a limited number of years.
此外,索尼还指责微软是否兼容《使命召唤》PlayStation游戏机误导了游戏行业和监管机构。该公司表示,微软只会让动视暴雪的热门游戏在有限的几年内继续兼容PlayStation。