trunkswd on 22 December 2022
Ryuu96 said:
Microsoft Responds to FTC Attempt to Block Activision Blizzard Deal 37 Pages: 20221222_9412_Resp_Microsofts_Answer_PUBLIC.pdf It is therefore unsurprising that after nearly a full year investigating this transaction, receiving millions of Microsoft and Activision documents, and speaking to over a dozen witnesses, there is no evidence that Xbox intends to take Call of Duty away from PlayStation—or any platform at all. No emails, no text messages, no testimony. There is one reason for that: Xbox does not intend to take that step Xbox has made this same offer to other competitors, and at least one (Nintendo) has accepted to date. Sony refuses to deal. But a vertical merger causes anticompetitive harm only when the acquired input is "essential." If Call of Duty were truly essential, Sony would have no reason to refuse Its vision for the transaction is simple: Xbox wants to grow its presence in mobile gaming, and three quarters of Activision’s gamers and more than a third of its revenues come from mobile offerings. - Boring one this time, most of it is just standard legal response, Microsoft denies/confirms allegations, see you in court, Lol. |
Those marketshare breakdowns for 2021 are interesting. Taking a quick look we have our estimates within a couple percent of the percentages Microsoft provided for the big 3. Though, what data is Microsoft using for Sony and Nintendo? Shipped? Sell-through? Hard to say how useful it is other than a guideline to figure out roughly how close we are to Xbox Series X|S sales, which we are definitely close looking at this.
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