The United Kingdom’s sudden regulatory curiosity in Microsoft’s deliberate acquisition of Activision Blizzard is not fazing CEO Satya Nadella. Speaking to Bloomberg, Nadella expressed religion that the in-progress acquisition will acquire approval. “Any acquisition of this dimension will undergo scrutiny, however we really feel very, very assured that we’ll come out,” stated Nadella.

Nadella’s feedback come every week after the UK’s regulatory board, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), introduced that it might be conducting a deeper probe into the deal. The investigation, based on an individual in Brussels chatting with Financial Times, will reportedly contain a number of investigators. 

Earlier within the month, Microsoft reportedly had the choice of submitting a proposal that met the CMA’s considerations, however opted to not. Among the CMA’s worries was that Microsoft was hurting competitors by shopping for Activision Blizzard, whose franchises Call of Duty and Overwatch are releasing new installments later this yr. 

Xbox head Phil Spencer has been the mouthpiece for Xbox because it waits for approval from regulators all around the world. Spencer has incessantly stated that Xbox would not lock off Call of Duty or Overwatch going ahead, however the subject has remained some extent of competition for the CMA and notably Sony. 

Regarding Sony, Nadella was fast to level out that the PlayStation maker has additionally been partaking in acquisitions in recent times, together with Returnal maker Housemarque and Destiny 2 developer Bungie. “If that is about competitors, allow us to have competitors,” argued Nadella.

Nadella is not flawed in saying that PlayStation has been buying studios. But not like Microsoft with Activision now and Bethesda in 2021, PlayStation did not purchase two large-scale publishers back-to-back.