the judge has decided to deny the FTC’s preliminary injunction request. In a ruling submitted today, Judge Corley said the following:

“Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision has been described as the largest in tech history. It deserves scrutiny. That scrutiny has paid off: Microsoft has committed in writing, in public, and in court to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for 10 years on parity with Xbox. It made an agreement with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty to Switch. And it entered several agreements to for the first time bring Activision’s content to several cloud gaming services. This Court’s responsibility in this case is narrow. It is to decide if, notwithstanding these current circumstances, the merger should be halted—perhaps even terminated—pending resolution of the FTC administrative action. For the reasons explained, the Court finds the FTC has not shown a likelihood it will prevail on its claim this particular vertical merger in this specific industry may substantially lessen competition. To the contrary, the record evidence points to more consumer access to Call of Duty and other Activision content. The motion for a preliminary injunction is therefore DENIED.”

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    51 year ago

    I know we will never know for sure but I’m curious if Sony handled this situation without looking like a 5 year old if Microsoft would’ve given them more leeway and not hold back as much

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      51 year ago

      We’ll see how Microsoft act in the futur and we’ll eventually get our answer I think. I want to believe they would but let’s not forget Microsoft’s history either 😅 .