FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle
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Microsoft had five scenarios to pick for Bethesda games.
Xbox CFO Tim Stuart is now discussing five strategy scenarios that Microsoft was weighing up for Bethesda in February 2021, just ahead of the deal closing. They range from number one being fully cross-platform and number five being full Xbox exclusivity.
Full exclusivity would impact the deal valuation and when discussing these options Jerret West, Xbox CMO, said there would be “significant upset” to full exclusivity and there’s an admission that some leaders at Bethesda won’t be happy seeing games being cut from PlayStation.
The FTC is clearly trying to show that Microsoft’s deal models are flexible where they can potentially offset losses.
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