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I am certainly not an expert but I do know that some of these deals go through with preconditions set by the government. > “Microsoft has already shown that it
by CSMastermind 4y ago
I am certainly not an expert but I do know that some of these deals go through with preconditions set by the government.
> “Microsoft has already shown that it can and will withhold content from its gaming rivals,” said Holly Vedova, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition. “Today we seek to stop Microsoft from gaining control over a leading independent game studio and using it to harm competition in multiple dynamic and fast-growing gaming markets.”
Based on the FTC's statement that reads to me, a layman, like they're trying to extract a commitment from Microsoft to publish future games on all platforms.
- plopz 4y agoWhat do you mean by platforms?
- arrosenberg 4y agoThe FTC would seek to force MS to sign something saying "If you let us buy Blizzard, we will sell the game on Steam/Epic/MS Store on equal terms". Distribution is a great chokepoint for a monopolist, so the agreement would (theoretically, since it never works out in practice) take that away from MS. I don't personally think the FTC is going for a consent decree here though, Lina Khan is about antitrust, I think they are trying to block mergers as a matter of business.
- newguynewphone 4y agowhich doesnt make sense since playstation has withheld more content than any other platform and has more exclusives than microsoft has ever had.
- rodiger 4y agoNothing with as much pull as CoD though. By the numbers it's not even close
- bsjaux628 4y agoAnd then goes on to mention Starfield, a game that, according to rumors, Sony tried to get an exclusivity deal, Redfall that wasn't even announced nor an existing IP and cloud gaming which only has Nvidia as the other player while Sony forgot that they even had a service like that and only started complaining when Microsoft actually put effort in their service