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(f) Microsoft will have the incentive to make Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox post-Merger. This will adversely affect gamers who cannot afford an additional console and they would therefore switch to Xbox at the launch of the next console generation;

This is funny, oh no, people might switch to Xbox, the horror! This complaint without realising it actually promotes competition, by growing Xbox's userbase and putting it closer to PlayStation that would actually promote competition between the two, but at the end of the day, Microsoft cares more about keeping CoD's massive userbase and money factory alive.

(g) Microsoft would be able to deteriorate the quality of Call of Duty games on PlayStation post-Merger, which could cause consumers to switch to Xbox;

This is a fun complaint aside from the fact that it makes no sense but also because a lot of Minecraft Xbox fans have complained over the years that Minecraft on Xbox Series X is still running the Xbox One version, it has no Series X enhancement, hell, it doesn't even have a Xbox One X enhancement, Lol. There's been very angry Xbox fans for years now that Mojang doesn't feel like an Xbox studio cause they don't prioritise Xbox at all.

(h) Microsoft can capture the multi-game subscription market after the Merger because it can afford to add games to Game Pass at a loss;

This ignores the fact that the streaming market in general is loss-leading, although Microsoft claims Game Pass is profitable, almost every streaming service is losing money at the start, it's a risk vs reward and it isn't illegal for companies to take a loss to grow a business, Lol.

(j) the Merger will raise barriers to entry for smaller studios and independent developers; and the Merger will lead to an increase in Microsoft’s bargaining power in relation to game publishers.

J is complete nonsense based on zero evidence or logical speculation and K is funny considering Sony already has better bargaining power with game publishers than Microsoft does due to their market dominance.