The FTC led by the aggressively pro-regulation Biden appointee Lina Khan, is one of the few major regulators attempting to block the acquisition, which has been approved in numerous other major jurisdictions including Japan and Brazil.
But Sony is in an extremely strong position in the video game console market compared to Microsoft. Of the, two are Sony’s. The other three are Nintendo products. Both Democrat and Republican members of Congress have expressed concern about Sony engaging in the same exclusivity deals that the FTC says Microsoft is prone to.
As a video gamer of over 40 years, I really hate any of these studios buying AAA game companies. Microsoft doesn’t have the people or skills to start up a successful game company, so they go and buy someone else’s IP with $$ BillGates made by being a robber Barron.
Tell Microsoft the code to skipping the FTC boss battle is... ABAAXAXBXAXBBA