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It seems to be a bit of a weird one, as the EC hasn't made any mention of this so far themselves, and in their decision granting the Zenimax/Bethesda deal, they noted that MS could change their mind on this.

Everything might be under seal, but the amount of stuff that came out from the Epic/Apple suit was ridiculous, and almost all of that was meant to be under seal as well.

Just to follow up on this, the EC has now confirmed that MS never made any commitment to keep games on Playstation to them, so it seems that the FTC are really out on their own with this. Huge question marks over the FTC deciding to block this.

I've no real opinion on this acquisition other than "more games on Game Pass for me", but this is fascinating how this is playing out now, almost like a spectator sport.

Pachter is often..... high on his own supply.

There's loads of reasons, but scale is the main one, both in terms of money, and in terms of how much of the market is being bought. There's also a desire to stand up to big tech, or at least be seen to. Also, Sony has been campaigning against this non stop, with some frankly hilariously hypocritical takes.

I can see the pros and cons on both sides of this, but it's been pretty clear throughout that regulators were not ready for an acquisition that also featured an all out console fanboy war. The FTC said this was their most submitted upon consultation, and that was a good while back, I'd hazard a guess that they've probably had more submission on this one acquisition than every other acquisition in their history. Imagine having to be the poor intern that has to go through all those submissions and collate them? I actually shudder at the idea of being forced to read the unfiltered thoughts of thousands upon thousands of the purest fan boy gamers.