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Xbox boss Phil Spencer has explained the delay in getting Activision Blizzard's back catalogue added to Xbox Game Pass, and blamed the hold-up on the lengthy and difficult process of sealing the deal.
Speaking on the Official Xbox Podcast, Spencer acknowledged the recent suggestion by Activision Blizzard that it would take until 2024 to get its games added to Microsoft's subscription service, and discussed why there wasn't going to be a big drop of games sooner - as happened when Microsoft bought Bethesda.
Spencer even noted there had been "a lot of uncertainty" in the buyout process for Microsoft - right up until the deal was finally approved by the UK's regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, last week.