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El presidente de Microsoft , Brad Smith, se reunió este martes con la Comisión Europea en un intento por lograr que autorice la compra de la firma Activision Blizzard, que Bruselas está investigando ante el temor de que reduzca la competencia en el mercado de videojuegos, consolas y ordenadores.
Bruselas teme que si Microsoft compra Activision Blizzard -creadora de exitosos videojuegos como "Warcraft", "Diablo", "Overwatch" y "Call of Duty", junto a juegos de móvil como "Candy Crush"- impida su uso en las consolas de sus competidores, PalyStation de Sony y Switch de Nintendo.
Para convencer a los reguladores -también en Estados Unidos y Reino Unido- Smith firmó hoy un acuerdo por diez años para llevar los videojuegos de su Xbox a los usuarios de Nintendo , incluyendo el 'Call of Duty'.
También firmó uno similar por diez años con Nvidia para ofrecerle los videojuegos de su consola Xbox y sus ordenadores.
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Sin embargo, Microsoft no ha logrado que Sony firme el pacto similar para la Play Station que le ofreció en diciembre.
La empresa propietaria de Windows considera que la compra de Activision Blizzard no supone un problema de competencia para Sony porque en 2002 tuvo una cuota del 80 % mercado en el Espacio Económico Europeo, frente al 20 % de la Xbox de Microsoft.
Además, Microsoft argumenta que la PlayStation quintuplica los juegos de la Xbox.
"Si a Sony no le gustan las palabras del contrato, estamos preparados para sentarnos con ellos", aseguró Smith en una rueda de prensa tras reunirse con la Comisión.
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Por su parte, un portavoz de Activision Blizzard afirmó que “Microsoft está haciendo exactamente lo que dijo que haría” mientras que “Sony continúa negando la oportunidad para un contrato a largo plazo y está menoscabando el acuerdo para proteger su dominación de los videojuegos durante dos décadas”.
Smith se mostró "más optimista" sobre las posibilidades de lograr la autorización par adquirir Activision Blizzard, "no por lo que pasó en la audiencia" con la Comisión Europea, en la que también estuvieron Sony y Nintendo, entre otros actores del mercado, "sino por estos dos acuerdos (con Nintendo y NVIDIA).
Microsoft, que ya cuenta con una importante presencia en el mundo de los videojuegos con su consola Xbox y títulos como "Minecraft", se convertiría en la tercera mayor empresa del sector en términos de facturación, sólo superada por la china Tencent y la japonesa Sony.
Brasil, Chile, Arabia Saudí y Serbia ya han aprobado la compra de Activision Blizzard.
La compra está valorada en 68.700 millones de dólares.
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