Even from Nintendo’s perspective, the Microsoft v. FTC hearing provides all sorts of useful insights, quotes, and documents.
The latest day of the ongoing legal battle temporarily focused on exclusivity. In his testimony, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadara admitted that he would be “very happy” if Xbox dropped the whole notion of a “console monopoly”, but he wasn’t sure how the market would evolve. He accused Sony of being a “dominant player” and said he left Microsoft. We have no choice but to compete.
“If it’s up to me, I’d love to get rid of all the exclusive content on consoles, but I can’t define that specifically as a low-share player in the console market. A dominant player there. [Sony] That’s the world we live in because we’ve used monopolies to define market competition. I have no love in that world. ”
Microsoft is looking to complete its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but it doesn’t really want to shut competitors out of its experience entirely. For example, the company has already made a 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo systems and other platforms if the deal goes through.
