FTC slams Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass tier changes, calls it a "degraded product"

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slammed Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass tier changes as a "degraded product", citing that by "removing the most valuable games from Microsoft's new service", Microsoft has delivered "exactly the sort of consumer harm from the merger the FTC has alleged".Microsoft confirmed sweeping changes - including price increases - to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service earlier this month. The changes come ahead of October's launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which will include the removal of day one releases for its overhauled basic tier.The FTC's filing with the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals added that Microsoft's announcement shows why it's necessary to "halt mergers to fully evaluate their likely competitive effects", and is "inconsistent" with what Microsoft said when the FTC initially intervened to prevent its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Read more

FTC slams Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass tier changes, calls it a "degraded product"

FTC slams Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass tier changes, calls it a "degraded product"

FTC slams Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass tier changes, calls it a "degraded product"

FTC slams Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass tier changes, calls it a "degraded product"

FTC slams Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass tier changes, calls it a "degraded product"