Courtroom sealed for the next 45 minutes or so as Microsoft Xbox finance director Jamie Lawver testifies on some confidential numbers.

Waiting outside the courtroom now. They have a cafeteria here (on a lower floor) but it's not to my liking 🤣

🧵2/X

— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) June 23, 2023

I sometimes chat with risk arbitrageurs here and one of them confirmed that there must have been insider trading in the ~10 minutes before the @CMAgovUK decision on April 26.

The stock suddenly tanked by $5 and there was no advance report by Bloomberg or so.

Criminal!

🧵3/X

— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) June 23, 2023

Phil Spencer was here all day yesterday but will also be here all of next week.

FTC attorney trying to come across as assertive, hoping to make Phil Spencer nervous, but Spencer is relaxed and smiling.

🧵6/X

— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) June 23, 2023

Weingarden is interviewing Spencer

Q you are the final decision maker to Microsoft gaming

Yes

Q You report to Satya Nadella?

I do

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 23, 2023

How many studios have you acquired?

I can say it's 10.

Q Xbox ecosystem refers to Xbox as a place where customers invest time and money.

We talk about Xbox ecosystem as the platform where creators build games for players to play

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 23, 2023

Q The standard split on PC...

(question is interrupted)

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 23, 2023

Q Game Pass is 70-30 split?

Game Pass ia s subscription, so there isn't a revenue split per say, we sign content to come into the subscription and its some combination of upfront fee or an ongoing usually based on usage on a game in the subscription. It doesn't fit store model.

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 23, 2023

There is a functional difference between games on Series X than lower-powered Series S

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 23, 2023

Switch is differently-designed device.

Q In terms of processing / computation power, Switch is akin to GEn 8 than Gen 9?

No, I dont agree with that. Switch was designed for people to take on the go. It has a screen, it has a battery, it's a mobile platform.

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 23, 2023

FTC is trying to trip up Spencer's previous testimony

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 23, 2023

Q Nintendo Switch cannot support highest level of resolution than the Xbox Series X can support, right?

That's correct.

Q Maximum advertised Xbox X resolution is 4K HD, right?

That's correct.

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 23, 2023

Q Both Xbox X and S can support 120 frames per second, right?

If a dev supports it.

Q What is maximum Switch frame rate?

I don't know.

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 23, 2023

FTC now trying to support its two-horse race market definition by showing that Phil Spencer is more aware of how PS and Xbox hardware specs compare than for the Switch.

🧵12/X

— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) June 23, 2023

FTC is asking about TFLOPs.

Q You don't know maximum FLOPS for Switch, right?

I do not.

Q Even if you don't know exact Switch FLOPs metric, Xbox X metric operates higher FLOPs than Switch?

That's fair to say.

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 23, 2023

Q Switch sells at a lower price than Series S and PlayStation 5, right?

Yes.

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 23, 2023