Microsoft has just confirmed, via one of its spokespersons, that the creation of a new union by the employees of one of its future subsidiaries was not a problem. The information comes directly from Phil Spencer, head of the departmentXboxto be compared with the offer of video games on demandApple Arcadeavailable on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
At the Apple brand, however, relations between management and its employees have been rather tense in recent weeks. Believing that they were not being paid their fair value, they also decided to form a union, particularly within the Grand Central (New York) brand. But several testimonies accuse Cupertino of trying toblock these maneuvers, which could contravene the legislation in force across the Atlantic.
A major studio in the loop
The potential branch of Microsoft concerned in this file isRaven Software, itself under the umbrella of the giant Activision Blizzard in the process of being bought by Redmond. Based in Wisconsin, the publisher is notably behind successes such asCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War,Star Wars Jedi Knightor evenX-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Faced with such successes, Tim Cook is expanding its value proposition with large licenses onApple Arcade.Sonic Racing,Crossy Road Castle,LEGO Brawlsare in particular in the catalog, access to which requires paying 4.99 euros per month. With iOS however,the developer can boast of being the world number one in gaming according to certain criteria.
Regulators are investigating
In any case, for the moment the acquisition ofActivision Blizzardby Microsoft is still questionable. Indeed, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has a say as the amount of the transaction is high: we are still talking here about sixty-nine billion dollars.
It thus happens in this type of case that legislators decide to limit the power of certain people, this was the case during the aborted takeover of ARM by Nvidia a few months ago. A key decision for Apple, since the firm also designs its own chips thanks to a major partnership with the Taiwanese founder TSMC.
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