Andy Robinson of VGC believes his sources: mysterious "experts" have told him that Microsoft would sell Xbox in the event that theActivision Blizzard acquisition went ahead. We cannot help but applaud this assertion with a thousand questions.
To think that Microsoft could close its shop and puppets because of antitrust restrictions, which would be extremely difficult for a third-party company to complete, like Mojang's (for 2.5 billion dollars) and Bethesda's (for 7.5 billion dollars) would be unthinkable.
Phil Spencer expressed his desire to silence any excessively tragic ideas. Despite its importance for Xbox's survival, it does have a significant role in its eventual evolution, thus it is not entirely improbable that, should the acquisition fail, it might at least bring about a fresh start at the top of the company.
On the other hand, it is difficult to accept the other view that, if the acquisition were to go awry, the 70 billion dollars would be reinvested always in a hurry in the videogame industry. Even considering the $3 billion that Microsoft would have to pay to Activision Blizzard for the failed acquisition, the Redmond company would probably gladly put it back in the safe, perhaps investing it in other safer and safer activities.
It is very difficult to make any kind of conclusion about a possible future post-bankruptcy of the Activision Blizzard acquisition, and it seems almost impossible to make any sound assumptions about the operation itself. What is certain is that the next few weeks will provide plenty of information pertinent to the story.
