The FTC’s efforts to block XBox owner Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, one one the world’s largest video game companies, faces a major hurdle in the continued global dominance of Sony over the video game console market.
The FTC led by the aggressively pro-regulation Biden appointee Lina Khan, is one of the few major regulators attempting to block the acquisition, which has been approved in numerous other major jurisdictions including Japan and Brazil.
But Sony is in an extremely strong position in the video game console market compared to Microsoft. Of the, two are Sony’s. The other three are Nintendo products. Both Democrat and Republican members of Congress have expressed concern about Sony engaging in the same exclusivity deals that the FTC says Microsoft is prone to.
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