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| Ashadelo said: This has really spiraled out of control. None of us know all the details that are going on behind the scenes, but Microsoft could possibly bring up Square-Enix and Sony's relationship, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy XVI, Forspoken, I - VI remasters, etc. I sure there might be some fuel for their argument there. If Sony is negotiating with 3rd party developers to keep games of Xbox (this has been one of their tactics since PS1) then would not the FTC also have to examine both sides of the equation? |
They already did https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-states-final-fantasy-16-and-silent-hill-2-remake-will-not-come-to-xbox-consoles
But MS did, probably still does the same. Although they don't really have to anymore since they can afford to put games day one on game pass which is the anti competitive part. It has also been MS' tactic since day one, Halo...
And the strange situation now exists where Sony owns Insomniac and thus the IP of Sunset Overdrive (which Insomniac kept by making a deal with MS instead of Sony) but the game is not coming to PS consoles since MS still holds the publishing rights.
Anyway all these arguments only increase the FUD about making more games exclusive, not less. It doesn't matter who did what, but it does set a precedent for more exclusivity deals and the chance that other/future Acti-Bliz IPs will be exclusive, just like Bethesda IPs.
And yes, if Sony tried to buy Acti-Bliz-King the FTC would have to examine that as well.
