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Microsoft is embroiled in a bitter battle to get its $69 billion dollar Activision-Blizzard acquisition through.

As you might guess, the primary detractor against the deal has been Sony PlayStation.

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Still, Sony and Microsoft aren’t the only players in the industry by a long shot.

It seems that of all studios asked, almost all of them approve the deal outright.

The only detractor is, you guessed it, Sony.

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One anonymous publisher stated,“the acquisition will not all of a sudden make Xbox the dominant platform.

Microsoft is changing the video game industry around PlayStation, which seeks to preserve things the way they are.

Sony’s conservative approach won’t help it in the future.

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For Activision shareholders, the publisher has essentially reached the upper echelon of growth.

This is why shareholders overwhelmingly backed the deal.

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