Tilbage i januar 2022 kunne mange kilder bekræfte overfor Wall Street Journal, at hvis Microsofts køb af Activision Blizzard ville gå igennem, så ville CEO Bobby Kotick endegyldigt forlade virksomheden.
Men nu hvor handlen for alvor er truet, så siger Fox Business nu at det forventes at Kotick bliver siddende, hvis handlen ender med at falde igennem:
"Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is in it to win it with the $69 billion merger with Microsoft, sources close to the situation tell FOX Business, but even if regulators were to derail the planned tie-up, he "will absolutely remain at the gaming giant to run the company."
De samme kilder peger desuden på CMA som værende den mest afgørende forhindring, men at der fortsat er en forventning om at handlen går igennem:
"The same sources said confidence remains high inside Activision that the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) - which sources told FOX Business is "the only regulatory body that really matters" in the merger case - will look at the numbers and realize the acquisition will not hurt gamers, despite what the CMA alleged on Wednesday."