I n the PAST two decades video gaming has gone from a nerdy hobby to a blockbuster industry, with revenues over five times bigger than the cinema box office. Today it is home to one of the largest tech mergers in history. In January Microsoft agreed to pay $69bn to buy Activision Blizzard, a game studio. Yet the megadeal may not go ahead. America’s Federal Trade Commission—one of 16 regulators around the world to have taken an interest—will probably say soon that it will sue to block it.
在过去的二十年中，视频游戏已经从一个书呆子的爱好变成了一个轰动一时的行业，收入是电影票房的五倍以上。如今，它是历史上最大的技术合并之一的所在地。一月份，微软同意支付690亿美元购买游戏工作室Activision Blizzard。然而，大国可能不会继续前进。美国联邦贸易委员会（全球16个监管机构之一）可能很快就会说，它将起诉阻止它。
