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The FTC lawyer seemed to do a 'decent' job at trying to bait Matt Booty into agreeing with them, trying to make him admit that Switch is a different market to Xbox, by using Halo as an example that a port to Switch would be a significantly different experience on Xbox, I think Booty just about got through it, Lol.
(Essentially FTC is trying to show that Call of Duty on Switch could be a significantly different experience than it is on, say, Xbox or PlayStation by using Halo as an example)
— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 22, 2023
Evidence shows that Xbox was to remove Bethesda games from Nvidia shortly after acquisition.
— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 22, 2023
"Were not putting our first-party IP on competing streaming or competing subscription services," Booty had written in an email.
"No F-ing way"
^ This email was from 2019.
Microsoft counsel is now questioning Booty.
— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 22, 2023
The emails were from 2019.
We were discussing lots of options and the best way to go forward as the landscape changes in our business.
Microsoft lawyer asking Matt Booty whether anything has changed since those 4Q2019 emails regarding the relationship with Nvidia. Matt Booty mentions Microsoft has meanwhile signed various agreements including the one with Nvidia.
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) June 22, 2023
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