Microsoft presented a document where Responds to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Lawsuit of the United States that seeks to avoid the purchase of the game publisher Activision Blizzard. “The Commission cannot demonstrate that the agreement harms competition or consumers”the company pointed out in its presentation.
Microsoft insists that it does not intend to block the access of the popular game Call of Duty to other rival gaming platforms, as it it is not in your best interest to degrade the gaming experience or harm Xbox’s reputation by doing so. In addition, he mentions that keeping the game widely available on other consoles is good for his business finances as well as for gamers.
“Xbox can’t afford to make Activision games exclusive without undermining its own economy,” Microsoft said. The company highlighted that since it announced the acquisition, it offered its competitors to keep the game on their consoles for up to 10 years, a proposal that only Nintendo has accepted, while Sony continues to refuse to negotiate.
In the document, Microsoft argues that the acquisition of a single game cannot change a highly competitive industry and that the fact that Sony refuses to accept Xbox’s proposal does not justify the transaction being prohibited.
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According to the company, its goal in buying Activision is to become more competitive by increasing its presence in the emerging mobile gaming industry. Also, he points out that for Xbox it’s good business to make Activision games more accessible placing them on more platforms and selling them at more affordable prices.
The tech company also denied the FTC’s allegations that it misled European regulators into making some games Xbox exclusives after it bought ZeniMax in 2020.
“Any suggestion that Microsoft’s statements to the European Commission about ZeniMax were misleading is incorrect. Microsoft explicitly said that it would honor Sony’s existing exclusivity rights and address exclusivity for future game titles on a case-by-case basis, which is exactly what it has done.”
In conclusion, Microsoft commented that the Commission does not have sufficient knowledge of how the competitive video game industry works and noted that It sounds like you’re protecting one of the biggest companies in the world. losing sight of the guiding principles of antitrust laws.