Sony ‘welcomes’ continued UK investigation into Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal

With Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard expected to be investigated further by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority and other European regulators, the Sony company is happy to see the investigation continue after doubling down on the concerns it has for market competitiveness.

In a statement released to GamesIndustry.biz, a Sony representative said the company “welcomes the announcement” by the U.K.’s CMA to continue the investigation after finding in its phase one ruling that the acquisition “may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition within a market or markets in the U.K.”