FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle
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The FTC is now asking Phil Spencer about a bunch of redacted documents related to market analysis and metrics that are shared with the Microsoft board. There’s a scorecard which includes four metrics for performance.
The argument here is that Microsoft only compares Xbox against PlayStation internally, but that it’s trying to compare to Nintendo Switch with regulators to put itself in third place in the market. The FTC wants to prove that its “high performance” console market of the PS5 and Xbox Series S / X is the relevant market, not one that includes the Switch.
Interestingly, one of the documents includes Microsoft’s Xbox Series S / X market share. That will almost certainly be redacted for public view, though.
