FTC wants to pause Microsoft's Activision Blizzard mega-takeover
Officials at the FTC, however, remained unconvinced Microsoft would keep its promise of releasing Activision's games across multiple consoles competing with the Xbox. As such, the regulator – led by Big Tech arch-critic Lina Khan – has filed suit in an attempt to block the takeover.
"Microsoft has already shown that it can and will withhold content from its gaming rivals," Holly Vedova, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition,"Today we seek to stop Microsoft from gaining control over a leading independent game studio and using it to harm competition in multiple dynamic and fast-growing gaming markets."
Activision's most popular games are played by hundreds of millions of people around the world on various platforms, including PCs, mobiles, and video game consoles. The FTC believes Microsoft could make its games exclusive to its own platforms, such as the Xbox console line, forcing gamers to stick to its products and services, if it were allowed to take over Activision.
"With control over Activision's blockbuster franchises, Microsoft would have both the means and motive to harm competition by manipulating Activision's pricing, degrading Activision's game quality or player experience on rival consoles and gaming services, changing the terms and timing of access to Activision's content, or withholding content from competitors entirely, resulting in harm to consumers," the agency claimed.
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