Ricardo Cardoso, the Deputy Head of the governing body, Unit of Interinstitutional & Outreach at t, tweeted earlier this week that the Commission is working to confirm that you will still be able to play Call of Duty on other consoles (including my Playstation).
While factually in line with the statement, remit the body met with criticism from some players over perceived Sony bias, especially following a repeated assurance from Xbox claiming Call of Duty will remain on PlayStation for the foreseeable future.
Mr. Cardoso works as the Director General for the Internal Market and not in the Directorate General for Competition, the statement read.
Mr. Cardoso is not curious about the assessment of this transaction. Furthermore, as shown clearly in his Twitter profile, he tweets, in a personal capacity. Cardoso tweeted the following On Saturday to clarify he is not involved in the assessment, and the merger and doesn’t even work in the department dealing with mergers. As is clear from my profile comments are personal and not a Commission position, whose decision will be taken based on the facts and the law.
A European Commission staff member has raised eyebrows for their public comments on the ongoing organization investigation into Microsoft Activision Blizzard takeover bid and prompted the EU Commission itself to respond.
Last week, Commission member Ricardo Cardoso tweeted that the community was working to confirm. You will always be able to play Call of Duty on other consoles.
The comment simply, on the one hand, describes the situation as Microsoft has too – that the Activision blockbuster sharpshooter franchise will stay on Sony media as long as Play Station is out there to ship. Fans said a Commission staff member the other was discussing the matter publicly and expressing an opinion that seemed concerned with their own console choice.
The Commission has issued a short statement noting that Cardoso is not directly involved in the Activision Blizzard investigation process.
Mr. Cardoso works as the Director General for the Internal Market and not in the Directorate General for Competition, the Commission stated to TweakTown. Mr. Cardoso is not involved in the assessment of this transaction. Furthermore, as indicated clearly in his Twitter profile, he tweets in a capacity.
Cardoso himself has also now stated via Twitter to address the matter further.
To clarify Cardoso wrote was not involved in the merger and doesn’t even work in the department dealing with the merger.
As is clear from my profile my comments are personal and not a Commission position, whose decision will be taken based on the facts and the law.
Mr. Cardoso works as the Director General for the Internal Market and not in the Directorate General for Competition, the regulator, the statement reads. Mr. Cardoso is not interested in the review of this transaction. Again showed clearly in his Twitter profile he tweets in a personal capacity.
Tweet aforementioned over Cardoso replied to the weekend, saying the same as the statement the European Commission sent to Tweaktown. Clarify a merger is not involved in the assessment of and even working in the department dealing with Cardoso wrote. As is clear from his comments are personal and not a Commission position, whose decision will be taken based on the facts and the law.
The European Commission has now launched a second probe into the Microsoft acquisition, leading to the regulatory body hosting Activision Blizzard a more in-depth investigation. Call of Duty the Modern Warfare positive reception from players has seen the game become the top Call of Duty takeoff of all time, surpassing $1 billion in sales in its first ten days.
The European Commission has clarified claims of bias in its investigation into the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard deal following comments by a senior official on social media.
Deputy head of the Inter-Agency Ricardo Cardoso, and the Public Affairs Unit at the governing body, tweeted earlier this week that the Commission is working to ensure other consoles you can continue to play Call of Duty.
The statement consistent with the panel brief has been criticized by some players for perceived, from Sony Xbox after repeated assurances that Call of Duty will remain on PlayStation for the foreseeable future.
The European Commission has in a statement to Tweaktown, now made it clear that Cardoso is in no way involved in the process.
