businesHey, it's the smartest play on the planet for Microsoft.
Xbox Game Pass is currently the best game subscription model and their market leader. Activision games, mainly CoD, are such powerhouses, having that on Game Pass is such a no brainer.
Plus, with all the controversy surrounding Activision, this buyout can help them stay afloat (with remedial changes of course) and is essentially the only opportunity anyone ever could have to buy Activision as a company.
Smart play for Microsoft.

can't really ruin Activision lmaoI've personally never been a giant fan of Microsoft. A common theme of them ruining everything they touch seems to generally run true. While they may not have as much of a reputation as EA, it will be interesting to see what they do.