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I want to discuss this line from the FTC's closing statements today.

This is not a hyperbole comment about FTC.

FTC literally said the partial foreclosure they are worried about is that Xbox could create unique skin/character for COD on Xbox and that a PS5 COD player wouldn't get that skin. And that this would devalue the PS5 COD players purchase of their playstation, thus would be an anti-competitive move by Xbox.

This is the United States Federal Trade Commission worried that a company might get exclusive content for a multiplat game that a consumer on another platform might not get.

This is an example of incredible bias against MS, already seen in the public, but now by a government agency.

The FTC is literally accusing an American company for something that they could HYPOTHETICALLY do in the future, and using a foreign company as the harmed party, the exact same company that is literally preventing content on their competing platforms as I type this. Note that they didn't bring up Nintendo for this particular part of the closing statement, instead they continue to defend Sony.

I'm not sure how many people realize what just went on in the FTC vs MS hearing, and the above stuff is just the tip of the iceberg, but wanted to at least expose the FTC's closing statement to more people with this thread and perhaps create a discussion on that topic.

What are you thoughts on the FTC's closing remarks?