> It is, which is why the FTC needs to approve mergers. It isn't, which is why the FTC often approves mergers. > Why should the FTC care about the console mar

> It is, which is why the FTC needs to approve mergers. It isn't, which is why the FTC often approves mergers. > Why should the FTC care about the console market specifically rather than the gaming market in general? They should consider both. > The very notion of "console exclusives" reduces competition because it removes incentives to compete on hardware cost or quality and instead compete only on whatever IPs a company happens to own. Why is competing on hardware cost or quality more valid than competing on exclusive content? And if that's the rule, why is the company with better exclusive content, Sony, allowed to acquire more studios, like Bungie?