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Tbh, we have yet to see how anti-trust arguments with regards to exclusives are played out, FTC has not really said anything yet in terms of how they view this
by mamonster 4y ago
Tbh, we have yet to see how anti-trust arguments with regards to exclusives are played out, FTC has not really said anything yet in terms of how they view this development(which by the way is generalized across all digital media).
After all, MSFT could just say something like "based on some internal thing we conducted it became clear that the porting cost in terms of man hours/money/etc we decided it did not make economic sense to do a port". And then they compromise by agreeing to port once a game is successful, which is perfectly fine for them.
I can also already foresee an argument saying "If NFLX/HBO have exclusives why can't we?".
Edit: I know the article is about the EU/UK authorities, but IMO this isn't something they can stop.
- anotherman554 4y ago"Edit: I know the article is about the EU/UK authorities, but IMO this isn't something they can stop. " They can't stop the merger but they can presumably say "If the merger happens Xbox can no longer be sold in the UK and EU."