The FTC is more and more changing into Microsoft’s largest roadblock in its try and buy Activision Blizzard King, because it’s already been made clear that it could possibly 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 imagine Microsoft will really observe by way of with protecting 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 concerning the Zenimax deal.
It’s been reported beforehand that Starfield and different Bethesda titles weren’t in reality 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 fascinating to see what finally ends up changing into public concerning 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]
