Will the Microsoft-Activision/Blizzard merger go through?

Nope. EU will say **** off.

Meh. . don't care if they don't make a game worth the hassle.

Activision is Call of Duty town and I haven't played one of those in years, Blizzard is pretty trash now and only the most loyal fans stick around and bask in pay-to-win mediocrity.

Then lets take note that they killed the possibility of more Tony Hawk or Crash games and forced those teams to help Blizzard and CoD releases. So Activision-Blizzard are in the grand scheme of things a one trick pony that is clinging onto four IPs at most.

It's smart for Microsoft to bank and think long-term with the Call of Duty franchise, but I doubt the Blizzard side will make the money they hoped, they're a decade or so late for that party.

For me as a customer all that matters is if a game is worth it. Bethesda seem to have a higher chance of making a decent product and even then I'm only expecting id Software & Arkane Studios to provide the goods. Tango Gameswork has been a mess for sometime, and we all know how Bethesda Studios is "it just works".

This deal from a customer perspective only impacts Call of Duty fans, and mildly Tracer porn fanatics.

I don't know if Microsoft has plans in mind, but from where I'm standing Acti-Blizz isn't worth the hassle.

I kind of hope it doesn't, tbh.

I think it will go through when I look at what Disney, google, Microsoft Windows, Facebook and few other big companies got away with it in the past. This is just for show and hope MS gives them some kind of payout

It is too early to tell if the Microsoft-Activision/Blizzard merger will go through. The companies have not yet announced any official plans to merge, and the process of merging two large companies is complex and can take a long time.

I completely agree with your thoughts on the Microsoft-Activision/Blizzard merger. It's important for the gaming industry to have competition and diversity in order to drive innovation and keep prices fair for consumers. I read about it on the WT Gaming website, I hope that this merger doesn't go through and that we can continue to enjoy a variety of games on different platforms. Let's hope that corporate greed doesn't win out in the end.