FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle
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We are on a 15-minute break. So far the FTC has been grilling Xbox chief Phil Spencer over console market share. He admits that Xbox has been more competitive in the US with Sony than in Europe.
We can’t see any of the documents being referenced in this questioning, but it’s all about Microsoft’s internal competition analysis and performance metrics.
The FTC wants to prove that its “high performance” definition of the console market, just Xbox and PlayStation, is correct. Microsoft wants to include the Nintendo Switch, but the FTC argues its internal analysis doesn’t always compare against the Switch.
We’ll be back soon to hear more about this as Microsoft and the FTC continue to disagree over the basics.
