We have filed an amicus brief in support of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. https://t.co/kBKwDRtY9h
— CWA News (@CWANews) September 14, 2023
The indie devs' brief stands out (we've heard from some of these other parties before)
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) September 14, 2023
Indies say MS buying Activision helps Game Pass and GP helps indies get their games discovered
- iam8bit: Escape Academy had 1.5m+ players via GP
- Curve: Human Fall Flat had 14.2m GP users pic.twitter.com/92EqyZk4VQ
FTC v. Microsoft appeal update. 9 amicus briefs have been filed in support of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal from:
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) September 14, 2023
• Chamber of Commerce
• CWA union and AFL-CIO
• a group of venture capitalists
• former regulator enforcers
• indie devs - Curve, iam8bit, Finji,… pic.twitter.com/poxSfZc9zI
• Chamber of Commerce
• CWA Union and AFL-CIO
• A Group of Venture Capitalists
• Former Regulator Enforcers
• Indie Devs - Curve, iam8bit, Finji, Strange Scaffold, Studio Wildcard
• Business Roundtable
• Former State AGs
• TechFreedom
• A Collection of Economists
The collection of indie devs describe Xbox Game Pass as “crucial to the success of indie games” and that the FTC’s arguments “rest on theories that bear no resemblance to the market experienced by game developers and publishers in the real world.”
