The UK government blocked Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a result that Sony is no doubt happy about after PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan spent months lobbying against the merger. However, not every company in the games industry is as invested. EA CEO Andrew Wilson stated that he's "indifferent" about whether the merger is ultimately successful.

"This is a question I get asked a lot, I almost am never allowed to answer that question, as it turns out," Wilson said in a Q&A following EA's latest earnings call (thanks, VGC). "What I would say is, I don't know what's going to happen with Activision and Microsoft.

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"Again, we continue to be Microsoft's biggest partner - I think we're the number one publisher on their platform - so whether that deal goes through or not is not really material to us broadly."

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More generally, Wilson spoke about the future of the industry and, in particular, acquisitions. We've seen more and more over recent years with Microsoft acquiring Obsidian, Bethesda, and Mojang, Embracer Group acquiring Crystal Dynamis, Eidos Montreal, and several others, while PlayStation bought out Insomniac, Bluepoint Games, and Bungie.

"Longer term, will there be industry consolidation?" Wilson said. "Will there be broader entertainment consolidation? If I was predicting the future over the long term I would say that's almost a certainty at some level. I would love for [EA] to have the scale to be a meaningful consolidator in that space. I think that we have tremendous assets with respect to the future of entertainment. But as it stands, I think that we're indifferent as to whether [Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard] goes through or not."

Interestingly, Wilson mentions that he wants EA to be in a position to similarly acquire studios. Last year, it was reported that Amazon was interested in acquiring the company, but this was quickly refuted. Following the story, Wilson stated that EA is in a position to be "the largest standalone independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment" in the world (thanks, GameSpot), so it may have its sights on growing even further as opposed to being folded into another publisher.

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While the UK blocked Microsoft's buyout, both Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are still pushing forward to try and pass the acquisition. Immediately after the verdict, Activision stated that the block was "a disservice to UK citizens", and it has since hired the ex-lawyer of Queen Elizabeth II and Boris Johnson to fight the block. Whether either finds success in overturning the ruling remains to be seen.

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