![]() Microsoft says about 3 billion people play video games now, and it expects 4.5 billion will play by 2030. It’s a huge business, raking in about $180 billion globally last year. You may not be a gamer, but a lot of other people are. Opinions are mixed about how good for the gaming industry the merger will be. Its library of games will expand significantly, potentially giving its Xbox console and Game Pass subscription program an edge over Sony’s PlayStation and rumored Game Pass rival. If the $69 billion deal goes through, Microsoft will become the third-largest gaming company in the world by revenue. The company announced on January 18 that it would make the largest acquisition in its history, buying up Activision Blizzard, one of the biggest video game publishers in the world. If Microsoft is worried that the anti-Big Tech, pro-antitrust movement will finally come for it, you wouldn’t know it. Over the next few weeks, we’ll cover what’s happening with Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Google. This story is part of a Recode series about Big Tech and antitrust.
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