FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle
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Jim Ryan says an August August 26th, 2022 from Phil Spencer “really set alarm bells ringing” inside Sony. Up until that point Sony hadn’t negotiated an access agreement. Microsoft argues Sony didn’t have any initial concerns after a January 31st proposal email and calls to the Sony CEO and Jim Ryan.
“I wasn’t particularly happy with the January 31st proposal, but hoped that it was an opening salvo,” said Ryan. “I believe this transaction is bad for competition.”
Asked about whether Sony’s meeting with UK regulators in the summer of 2022 was before or after Spencer’s email, Jim Ryan can’t recall. “We certainly had one meeting with the CMA over the summer,” says Ryan.
