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The US basically has no antitrust laws anymore huh?
Blizzard being horrifically bad at managing their business has no bearing on market share or monopoly building. That's not suddenly okay because the last guy was an asshole.
It's hard to argue that a company can be a monopoly in an industry when they are third place in that industry (and still will be after said acquisition).
None of what you said explains how Microsoft today (not 15 years ago, or in some hypothetical future) will have a monopoly before or after this acquisition.
Which company would you have expected to compete in the console space in the foreseeable future that will have changed their minds because of this acquisition? I'm not aware of any, but I wouldn't mind being shown that this is a real concern.