The soap opera over Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard may be over – thank goodness! – but it’s clear that the Federal Trade Commission The United States (FTC) has not been satisfied with it: it reacted in record time to the price increase of Game Pass on Xbox consoles through A text filed with the ...
The Federal Trade Commission recently expressed some objections to the recent Xbox Game Pass price increase, but Microsoft unsurprisingly disagreed. Earlier this month, Microsoft finally pulled the trigger and announced that it would be raising the price of Xbox Game Pass. This was likely in part due to lackluster subscriber growth and the fact that ...
Do you remember the recent changes Microsoft made to Xbox Game Pass? Both in terms of the tiers offered and the pricing? Well, the FTC certainly isn’t fazed by that. In fact, it now claims that the changes are “exactly the kind of consumer harm” it was trying to prevent last year. If you’ve been ...
Picture: Microsoft On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission cited Microsoft’s recent price adjustment for Xbox Game Pass as Evidence of the damage caused by the merger with Activision Blizzard had on consumers. The agency filed a new letter in its ongoing appeal of last year’s deal and called the changes “exactly the kind of consumer ...
More stories in the News category Don’t miss anything and follow us on Google News! If you haven’t heard from the FTC in a while, they’re back, this time it’s Xbox Game Pass subscriptions. Following Microsoft’s announced changes to the service, with different tiers of services and pricing changes, the FTC has jumped back into ...
Microsoft broke promises it made in court during the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust case in 2023 and laid off 1,900 employees in late January. FTC attorney Imad Abyad filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday, effectively telling on Microsoft. “This newly revealed information contradicts Microsoft’s representations ...
On October 13, Microsoft officially acquired Activision Blizzard, making Microsoft’s largest transaction. This deal included the biggest console and PC franchises such as Call of Duty, Warcraft and Diablo, in addition to establishing a large presence with the addition of King, known for his development of Candy Crush. However, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission), responsible ...
Microsoft’s odyssey to acquire Activision Blizzard is still ongoing. What previously had a July 18 deadline, it is now set for October 18. This is due to an agreement reached between those of Redmond and the FTC, which also It helps in negotiations with the CMA, the latest regulator to ...
After the FTC vir court suffered sensitive defeats in the context of the takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, the authority now apparently throws in the towel. Alongside the British CMA, the American Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was probably the toughest adversary when Microsoft took over Activision. However, after the FTC had to take several ...
Republicans in the US House of Representatives are calling on the FTC to give up their opposition to the takeover of Activision Blizzard. Resistance is futile. That’s what 22 Republicans in the US House of Representatives who wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are thinking. The letter urges the FTC to end ...
