The FTC is more and more changing into Microsoft’s largest roadblock in its try to buy Activision Blizzard King, because it’s already been made clear that it may very well be the rationale Microsoft abandons the deal all collectively.
It appears that evidently a part of what’s behind the FTC’s fervor is that it doesn’t consider Microsoft will truly observe by with maintaining Activision Blizzard titles on all platforms, and never make them unique prefer it did following its Zenimax acquisition.
A part of that is indicated with the FTC calling Bethesda’s Pete Hines as a witness, to ask particularly in regards to the Zenimax deal.
It’s been reported beforehand that Starfield and different Bethesda titles weren’t in truth meant to be Xbox console exclusives earlier than the deal, however that modified as soon as Microsoft acquired Zenimax.
As this case evolves, it’ll be attention-grabbing to see what finally ends up changing into public in regards to the Zenimax deal. There’s additionally a parallel lawsuit which alleges that Microsoft’s intent behind buying Activision Blizzard is to attempt to get rid of PlayStation from the competitors.
Supply – [PSLifeStyle via Axios]