Microsoft’s purchase of Activision is so expensive that the second-largest deal ever doesn’t get close to it.
When Microsoft announced that it was purchasing Activision, the video game world shook. This was two of the largest companies in the industry joining together to give Microsoft the ownership of major IPs like Call of Duty, Warcraft, and Candy Crush. How would that not feel impactful? What was really shocking though was the sheer amount of money involved in the deal. According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft’s purchase of Activision was worth $68.7 billion. This is the biggest acquisition in the history of the industry and not by a small margin.
