The future of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal is about to be decided.
gave us key closing arguments from both parties and a chance to reflect on this giant hearing. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley took the opportunity to reflect, too: would she even be sitting here, she mused, if Sony had signed aThat’s a good point, and it was part of a series of tough questions Judge Corley had for the FTC.
Then the FTC suddenly let slip that Microsoft would need an additional 2 million Xbox Game Pass subscribers a year to offset an unknown drop inroyalty rates from PlayStation. You could hear an audible “gasp” at the information getting leaked in real time before the FTC apologized and described a scenario where ifroyalties dropped, a shift toward Xbox consoles or Xbox Game Pass would help offset the losses.
The FTC lawyer struggled to respond here and referenced PlayStation chief Jim Ryan’s testimony instead of answering the question related to Lee’s testimony. “That’s not what I asked,” said Judge Corley. The FTC lawyer continued to struggle and explain Lee’s report so much that another FTC lawyer had to step in and try and get things back on track.
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