Microsoft persuades judge better than FTC does, on track to close Activision acquisition

Microsoft's managed to beat the FTC in court over its purchase of Activision Blizzard. The core of the FTC's argument is that too many games will be restricted to Xbox and Windows once Microsoft gets its hands on Activision. The judge disagrees, saying that "the FTC has not shown a likelihood of success on its theory the merger may substantially lessen competition in the Gen 9 console market because the combined firm will have the ability and incentive to foreclose Call of Duty from PlayStation", and didn't think the FTC's arguments that gaming subscriptions (i.e: Game Pass) and cloud gaming were very strong either. The FTC can appeal, but if it doesn't by July 14th, Microsoft is free to complete the Activision deal.