Talking Point: It's Been Three Years Since Xbox Announced The Activision Blizzard Deal

Well folks, over the weekend, we officially passed the three-year mark since Xbox first announced its intentions to purchase mega-publisher Activision Blizzard. Yep, January 18th, 2022 was when the news first sent shockwaves throughout the industry - the most expensive gaming acquisition ever.

Of course, it ended up taking almost two years for the deal to actually navigate the various regulatory bodies throughout the world. Once Microsoft had fought its way through the FTC, the CMA and other governing organisations around the globe, the merger finally passed in October 2023. It was a hard fought purchase for Xbox, but one that seems to be paying dividends for the company already.

The question is though, how do we as fans feel about Team Xbox since this all started? For us here at PX HQ, it's been a real mixed bag. We can't say there hasn't been anything to talk about over the last three years - but it's definitely been a bit of a different Xbox landscape that we imagined it would be before this deal was initiated. It's been an interesting time to cover Xbox, that's for sure.

We will say that we're probably still waiting for some major wins to happen here, though. We've had some come and go so far, like the super successful Black Ops 6 launch and various ABK additions to Xbox Game Pass, but we do want to see more. Hopefully more of that COD catalogue, and some other ActiBlizz classics, enter the Game Pass library in the coming months.

Talk to us about your thoughts on Xbox since this deal was put in place down in the comments.