Microsoft Buys Activision

[bjcheung77]

After some regulatory delays, this has gone through for a whopping $69 billion! That's $25 more than what Elon Musk paid for Twitter ($44 billion, I recall). Microsoft's bet might be a good one, they're making cashflow with their X-Box and so many other products and services... I'm hoping Microsoft would provide more 'freebies' for their learning platforms and produce more freebie/cheap IT certs that are stackable.

Link: Microsoft buys Call of Duty maker Activision in a hotly contested deal (msn.com)

[Alex8]

Wow, $69 billion is a lot of money! Microsoft is dominating the gaming market with Xbox and Activision Blizzard. I hope they will improve their cloud gaming service and their learning platforms. I also wonder how they will deal with Activision Blizzard’s lawsuits.

[bjcheung77]

Hmm, I meant $25B not just the $25 (typo without the B to indicate it's Billion), yeah, it'll be an interesting turn of events, I just hope they create some new innovated cheapie/freebie certs for anything they have currently or in the future. I love Microsoft's certs as long as they're inexpensive and have some learning/knowledge that can help students/users, even provide college credits...