IGN published this video item, entitled “How the FTC Screwed Up the Xbox/Activision Case” – below is their description.
Now that the FTC vs. Microsoft battle over the Microsoft/Activision deal is over, we’ll take a deep dive into how the FTC screwed up the Xbox/FTC trial.
We’re sure everyone knows that the Xbox/FTC verdict turned out to be a win for the Activision/Blizzard deal, but this video will dive into the particulars of Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley’s opinion. Everything is going to be discussed, from the true competitors of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, to Xbox Game Pass, to xCloud, to the flawed logic of the FTC, which resulted in them inadvertently proving Xbox could lose money by making Call of duty exclusive.
We’ll also talk about the effects from the FTC vs Microsoft/Activision case as they relate to Xbox, obviously, but also PlayStation and the PS5.
For all things, Xbox news, be sure to keep it locked to IGN.
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Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game franchise published by Activision. Starting out in 2003, it first focused on games set in World War II. Over time, the series has seen games set in the midst of the Cold War, futuristic worlds, and outer space.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services.
The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is an upcoming home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced in 2019 as the successor to the PlayStation 4, it is scheduled to launch on November 12, 2020 in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea, and on November 19, 2020 for the rest of the world.
The platform is anticipated to launch in two varieties, as a base PlayStation 5 system incorporating an Ultra HD Blu-ray compatible optical disc drive for retail game support alongside digital distribution via the PlayStation Store, and a lower-cost Digital variant lacking the disc drive while retaining digital download support.
The PlayStation 5 features a customized solid state drive designed for high-speed data streaming to enable significant improvements in graphical performance. The hardware also features a custom AMD GPU capable of ray tracing, support for 4K resolution displays and high framerates, new audio hardware for real-time 3D audio effects, and backward compatibility with most PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR games.
Xbox Series X and Series S are upcoming home video game consoles developed by Microsoft. They are both scheduled to be released on November 10, 2020 as the fourth generation of the Xbox console family, succeeding Xbox One.
Rumors regarding the consoles first emerged in early-2019, with the line as a whole codenamed “Scarlett”, and consisting of high-end and low-end models codenamed “Anaconda” and “Lockhart” respectively.
The high-end model was first teased during E3 2019 under the title “Project Scarlett”, while its name and design as Xbox Series X was unveiled during The Game Awards later in December. In September 2020, Microsoft unveiled the low-end model as Xbox Series S.
