FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle
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We are back underway after a brief break there and we pick up on the protecting consumers point.
“We’re not here to protect Sony, we’re here to protect consumers,” argues the FTC, claiming it’s concerned if the deal goes ahead then Sony delays devkits (like it did with Minecraft) to Microsoft and that impacts consumers with delayed games.
The FTC claims this concern extends beyond Minecraft, but Microsoft’s lawyer argues that the testimony was related to only Minecraft. “This is their decision,” says Microsoft’s lawyer:
This is why we say they’re protecting Sony and not consumers. Sony is making that decision, and maybe that’s why they have twice as many players. I don’t know.
