Riaan Abasebenzi be-FPDisemba 07, 2022 13:05:17 IST
Kubonakala sengathi iMicrosoft ingavumela maduze abadlali abasebenzisa ama-consoles kaNintendo ukuthi badlale imidlalo evela ku- Ukubizelwa umsebenzi i-franchise. IMicrosoft isanda kumemezela ukuthi izimisele ukusayina isivumelwano seminyaka eyi-10 esizovumela umenzi wekhonsoli yokudlala yaseJapan kanye nesitudiyo sokudlala ukuthi bavumele abasebenzisi babo ukuthi badlale umdlalo.
IMicrosoft ithembisa ukuthi ngeke ikhawulele ukufinyelela kwabanye abenzi bekhonsoli nezinkundla ku-Call of Duty franchise uma ithatha i-Activision. Lokhu okokutholisa i-FTC noma i-Federal Trade Commission kanye nokwenza ukuthi ukutholwa kugunyazwe. Ikhredithi Yesithombe: Activision
IMicrosoft ibizama ukuqedela ukutholwa kwayo kwe-Activision Blizzard, isitudiyo esishicilela i- Ukubizelwa umsebenzi uchungechunge. Abadlali abajwayelekile bazokwazi ukuthi Ukubizelwa umsebenzi i-franchise ingenye yemidlalo yokudubula yomuntu wokuqala edume kakhulu emhlabeni, futhi ingeminye yemidlalo edume kakhulu eyake yaba khona.
Kodwa-ke, i-FTC noma i-Federal Trade Commission iqale ukuphenya ukutholwa ngezinsolo zokuziphatha okungaba khona kokungathembeki. Ukuhlanganiswa, uma kudlula, kuzoba ukutholwa okukhulu kakhulu kwebhizinisi lemidlalo yevidiyo, njengoba iMicrosoft izokhokha cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-69 nge-Activision Blizzard. Uma kuqhathaniswa, u-Elon Musk uthenge i-Twitter nge-$ 44 billion. Bobabili, iMicrosoft kanye ne-Activision bathe balindele ukuthi isivumelwano sizovala maphakathi no-2023.
Isikhulu seXbox yakwaMicrosoft uPhil Spencer udalule ukuthi bazimisele ekwandiseni isibalo samapulatifomu abantu abangadlala kuwo imidlalo. Ukwenza lokho kube lula, baphinde bazibophezele ekunikeleni Ukubizelwa umsebenzi imidlalo epulatifomu ye-Valve’s Steam ngasikhathi sinye njengoba ikhishwe ku-Xbox.
Ukuzibophezela okuvela kwaMicrosoft kuza ngemuva kokuthi inkampani enkulu yesoftware izibophezele ukuthi izoqhubeka nokunikela Ukubizelwa umsebenzi ye-Sony’s PlayStation console okungenani eminye iminyaka engu-10, kuya ngokuthi isivumelwano se-Activision Blizzard sivunyiwe.
U-Spencer uphinde athi iMicrosoft yelule isipho esifanayo kuSony Group ukuletha i-franchise edumile ye-Activision kuma-consoles we-PlayStation isikhathi esingaphezu kweshumi leminyaka manje, kodwa ababonakali bethanda kakhulu. U-Sony, ngakolunye uhlangothi, uphikise kakhulu ukutholwa kwe-Activision, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokukhathazeka isiqhwaga saseMelika esingenza okuqukethwe okufana ne-Call of Duty kukhethelwe izinsiza zayo zemidlalo kuphela.
U-Sony akuyena yedwa onalokhu kwesaba. I-FTC iphinde ikhathazeke ngokuthi iMicrosoft ingase ithande eyayo i-Xbox consoles ngezihloko ezivela ku-Activision Blizzard ngezindleko zezimbangi ezinjengoSony noNintendo. Ukuqinisekisa lokhu, kubonakala sengathi iMicrosoft izophuma endleleni yayo.
IMicrosoft iphinde yasho ukuthi bazimisele ngokuqhubeka nokwandisa isikhathi sokusebenzisana kwabo neNintendo, inqobo nje uma izinto zihamba kahle. Izikhulu zeMicrosoft zizohlangana noSihlalo we-US Federal Trade Commission uLina Khan kanye nabanye okhomishana ngoLwesithathu ukuze benze udaba lwabo lokugcina lokweseka isivumelwano.
