Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Activision a few days ago, for $68.7 billion. This was just a few days after, the largest deal in the video game market, till then, was announced of Take-Two Entertainment buying out Zynga for $12.7 billion (maker of Farmville, remember farming poinsettias a few years ago on Facebook?)
Let us look into the reasons why this is a very smart move by Microsoft against Sony.