FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle
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“Do you anticipate Call of Duty on Switch will look the same to a player as if that player was playing on Xbox Series X?” asks the FTC. “I think it will play as a great Switch game,” says Xbox chief Phil Spencer. “I don’t think it will look the same.”
The FTC now wants to know if Microsoft has done any economic analysis of Nintendo in terms of the Activision Blizzard deal. Presumably because creating a version of Call of Duty for Nintendo Switch will be costly. The FTC once again wants to determine that the Switch is separate from its “high performance” console market.
The FTC lawyer then reminds Spencer of the Bethesda roundtable press event. “Do you remember that you said that if you’re an Xbox customer, this is about delivering great exclusive games for you on platforms where Game Pass exists?” asks the FTC. “Yes, I do,” says Spencer.
Xbox exclusive games is another key part of the FTC’s case, where the regulator believes Microsoft will make Activision Blizzard games exclusive to Xbox in a move it deems anti-competitive.
