Microsoft's proposal to purchase Activision Blizzard is expected to take place during the FY2023 period of Microsoft's that runs from July 2022 to June 2023, subject to approval from the regulatory authorities and other conditions.  WoW cataclysm Gold This is the largest acquisition by Microsoft by a substantial margin and also the largest video game buyout ever according to the cost.

In another development, Sony has responded to Microsoft's actions, saying "We believe that Microsoft will respect the contractual agreements and keep ensuring that Activision games are compatible with all platforms."

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The growth of the game industry is fueled by downloads for the next decade - - Analyst

The past 10 years have witnessed significant changes within the world of gaming. In 1999 the Dreamcast introduced console gaming online straight out from the box, for the first time. In the following calendar year Electronic Arts and The Sims led the gaming industry's growth that continues until today. In the meantime, mobile gaming grew to include more than playing the Game Boy, with cell phones as well as iPods and Sony's PSP all stepping into the mix.

Michael Pachter.

The next 10 years are likely to transformative in the same way, if an industry-wide report by Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter is accurate. Particularly, Pachter is very bullish about the future of games that are distributed digitally and content, and expects them to increase exponentially.

"In our estimation the market for video games will likely to expand to the 7.2 percent rate over the coming 10 years, and at the very least, it will double over the next decade," Pachter said. "We expect digital downloads to make up the majority of the increase."

In ten years' time Pachter predicts that by the year 2000, the typical console to have terabytes of storage. It also suggest that full-game downloads will become the normal (although the packaged products will dominate sales). The analyst said that publishers who view used-game sales as degrading their revenue from retail are pushing to get digital distribution. Meanwhile the focus will be put on digital content as well as epiWoW?Cataclysm?Classic gaming.

"We believe that the best example of this kind of scenario would be WoW?Cataclysm?Classic on the Xbox 360, WoW cataclysm Gold for sale a game that was first released in physical format with further levels being sold regularly thereafter via the download section," Pachter said. "Notably after a slow reception of the initial downloadable version of 'WoW?Cataclysm?Classic game,' Take-Two decided to offer the first and second "WoW?Cataclysm?Classic' in an integrated physical package including the two WoW?Cataclysm?Classics allowing full game play without having to purchase discs for the first WoW?Cataclysm?Classic game disc."