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Cerebralbore101 said:

The european commision is claiming that Microsoft never decieved them because the commision incorrectly predicted that MS wouldn't withhold Starfield or other future Zenimax games from rival consoles. They were tricked by Microsoft, made an incorrect prediction, and now are trying to cover their tracks. See below...

https://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases1/202124/m10001_438_3.pdf

And just for those wondering what an input foreclosure strategy is....

https://www.vogel-vogel.com/faq-items/input-foreclosure-eu/?lang=en

Input foreclosure arises where the new entity would be likely to restrict access to the products or services that it would have otherwise supplied if the merger had not taken place.


Ryu do you seriously think that Starfield wouldn't be supplied to PS5 if the merger hadn't taken place?

Your right saying the EC did see foreclosure strategy as unlikely but wrong assuming they did not anticipate such action by MS and did not take this into consideration. 

Anyway those were not really the point of contention with your argument. this was 

"They were tricked by Microsoft, made an incorrect prediction, and now are trying to cover their tracks."

Only a few paragraph down from the one you shared on the very same document prove you they were not tricked.