ea ceo andrew wilson has commented on microsofts planned acquisition of activision blizzard saying his company will continue being the biggest xbox publisher whether or not the deal goes throughin eas latest earnings call wilson admitted he doesnt know whether microsoft will end up owning activision blizzard but assured investors that the end result of the buyout isnt material to his companywe think we have the scale again back to our network our ip and our talent to continue to navigate the future and lead the future of entertainment and compete in the marketplace regardless of whether that deal goes through or not he saidwilson added that further industry consolidation is a near certainty and said he hopes ea will have the scale to be a meaningful consolidator in that spacei think that we have tremendous assets with respect to the future of entertainment wilson said but as it stands today i think were indifferent as to whether the microsoft activision sale goes through or not we feel like we have an incredible strategy we feel like we have an incredible opportunity and whether it goes through a not well continue to be the number one publisher on the microsoft platformea is indeed the biggest publisher for monthly active users on both xbox and playstation according to recent data provided by ampere analysis via gamesindustrybiz the publisher is known for some of the most popular ips in the industry including the sims battlefield dragon age apex legends star wars and the ea sports games fifa madden nfl nba live nhl pga and ufcwilsons comments come as microsoft and activision face their most significant legal hurdle yet two weeks back the uks competition and markets authority cma blocked the merger over concerns that it would leave uk gamers with less innovation and choice microsoft responded by saying the move was bad for britain and pledged to appeal the decision in court and the cma followed up by saying the xbox makers argument was not borne out by the factsthe microsoft activision deal tops the list of the biggest video game acquisitions of all time