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COVER STORY: Why Microsoft paid $US68B for Activision Blizzard. It's the Metaverse, stupid

By Andrew Birmingham on Jan 28, 2022 11:59AM
COVER STORY: Why Microsoft paid $US68B for Activision Blizzard. It's the Metaverse, stupid

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We are all gamers now. The huge $68 billion cheque Microsoft wrote last week to the shareholders of Activision Blizzard pales in comparison to the real prize the technology giant has its gaze set upon — the $21 trillion Metaverse. That’s how much analysts such as Constellation ...

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