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Game Over? Why Sony and Nintendo Won’t Try to 1-Up Microsoft-Activision Deal

By Maria H. Gray

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January 20, 2022

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Microsoft’s all-cash purchase of game studio Activision Blizzard (“Call of Duty”) for $68.7 billion is one expensive way to assert dominance over gaming rivals Sony and Nintendo. But don’t expect the makers of PlayStation and the Switch to follow their…