While morally I can agree with it, from a pragmatic and gaming perspective I think this is terrible since it will 100% lead to some games not being available in the UK.
beyond the hype and the takes, it's probably 0%.
> FTC suing to block Microsoft's $69bn Activision Blizzard acquisition
what are they going to do, ban games from the US?
Hypothetically, if MS + Activision - UK > MS + UK - Activision (assuming it's only blocked in UK), it's plausible that Microsoft withdraws from UK to pursue its business with the merger everywhere else. The UK is a decent sized market, but it's far from the biggest.
I wonder if MSFT is considering that at all. They obviously have the numbers, but I wouldn't be surprised if cloud gaming hasn't seen the growth they expected and it makes sense to kill it entirely.
Then again, we know they operate in countries fundamentally opposed to their "corporate values". So who knows.