After Microsoft announced the shopping of the Activision Blizzard’s game company, the US Corporation’s competitor’s share company – the Japanese Sony was collapsed by 13 percent, and also led to the fact that capitalization fell by 20 billion dollars per day. This is evidenced by trading data.
As Bloomberg writes, Sony’s securities drop has become the largest since 2008. The fact is that the purchase of Activision gives Microsoft access to an impressive set of games, including Call Of Duty, Diablo and World of Warcraft. Namely games for PlayStation consoles and network services bring Sony to 30 percent of revenue. “Sony will face a huge challenge to survive independently in this war to exhaustion,” the representative of Asymmetric Advisors stated, which specializes in the analysis of the Japanese stock market.
Microsoft’s transaction with Activision Blizzard by 68.7 billion dollars has become known on January 18. After that, the Activision Blizzard shares rose by almost 40 percent.
Studio Activision Blizzard has created such famous gaming series like Call Of Duty, World of Warcraft, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch, Spyro, Hearthstone, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot, Starcraft.