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Bobby Kotick, CEO of Call of Duty producer Activision Blizzard, appeared before a federal court on Wednesday to ask her to allow Microsoft to buy his firm for $69 billion (about Rs. 5,66,300 crore).
Kotick stated that any attempt to make Call of Duty restricted to one platform, as Microsoft detractors have suggested, would alienate the game's 100 million monthly players.
"There would be a revolt if you removed the game from one platform," Kotick said.
He stated that removing Call of Duty off Sony Group's PlayStation would be "very detrimental" to Activision's company.
The Federal Trade Commission has requested a judge to temporarily halt the Microsoft acquisition so that the agency's in-house judge can decide the matter. In the past, the losing party in federal court frequently conceded, and the in-house process was abandoned.
Activision's Call of Duty, one of the best-selling videogames of all time, has received a lot of attention throughout the trial. It is now available on cellphones, consoles, and desktop computers.
Kotick stated that he contemplated making Call of Duty accessible on the Nintendo Switch but opted against it since he believed the system would not sell well. "I made a bad judgement," he said.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is slated to appear in federal court on Wednesday afternoon before Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley.
During the Biden administration, the FTC, which enforces antitrust law, has adopted a tougher stance on mergers. According to the agency, the deal would give Microsoft, which manufactures the Xbox platform, exclusive access to Activision games, leaving Nintendo and Sony Group in the cold.
Microsoft has offered to licence Call of Duty to competitors in order to satisfy antitrust concerns. them has also claimed that licencing the games to all comers will save them money.
Many governments have approved the agreement, although the FTC in the United States and the Competition and Markets Authority in the United Kingdom have challenged it.
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