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Furthermore, if Microsoft did lie to the European Commission about keeping future Zenimax titles multiplatform.
Then why are regulators all over the world approving the deal on the assumption that Microsoft won't remove Call of Duty from PlayStation? Why are they not forcing Microsoft into legally binding contracts? Are they all just stupid and naïve? Lol. Why have European Commission and CMA dropped their Console SLC?
Lets pretend that the EC is only trying to save face by saying that Microsoft didn't lie to them, they can still force Microsoft into a legally binding contract to release CoD on PlayStation without "admitting" that Microsoft lied to them, but instead they have reportedly dropped their console concerns entirely and will no longer require that from Microsoft.
Then there is the CMA who have dropped their Console SLC entirely despite the fact that up until recently they were suggesting that Microsoft should divest Activision due to CoD. They dropped it instead of formulating a legally binding contract with Microsoft to force them to release CoD on PlayStation even though Microsoft offered it.
Why would both of them do that if Microsoft lied to the European Commission about Zenimax? Why would they believe that Microsoft won't make CoD exclusive? Why would they trust Microsoft's word that there wouldn't be a financial incentive to do so? They wouldn't. Especially not the traditionally strict European Commission and newly tough CMA.
If you lie to one regulator, all major regulators will take note of that, these guys aren't entirely disconnected from one another, they pay attention to the decisions that each other make and sometimes even collaborate on decisions. If you lie to one then that will 100% be taken into account when you verbally promise another something. It tells them all that you aren't trustworthy.
There's one regulator left with a console concern, the FTC. They are accusing Microsoft of being liars but also gave us the gem that Nintendo isn't in the same market as Xbox/PlayStation and completely made up a market in order to weaken Microsoft's own arguments and justify their decision to sue to block whilst at the same time accidentally putting Nintendo in a market on its own therefore making it a de facto monopoly.
They also reportedly rushed to sue to block in order to put pressure onto the CMA and EC to also block the deal because on the same date they were in talks with the EC who stated that they are leaning towards approving. The FTC knows they will lose in court so they are trying to angle for someone else to block it and do the work for them.
They have repeatedly lost in court over the past few years and are on a losing streak because the cases they keep bringing are incredibly weak, they just got their asses handed to them in court after attempting to block Meta's acquisition of a VR fitness app, start-up company that literally nobody cares about, a start-up company...Lina even overruled her own staff who advised against it.
So I'm sorry but I believe the European Commission way more than anything the FTC tries to claim.
