BRUSSELS, Dec 20 — EU antitrust regulators have asked game developers and distributors if they think Microsoft will block their access to Activision Blizzard’s games once it...
BRUSSELS, Dec 20 — EU antitrust regulators have asked game developers and distributors if they think Microsoft will block their access to Activision Blizzard’s games once it has bought the company, an EU document seen by Reuters shows.
The European Commission sent a 91-page questionnaire earlier this month, with recipients likely to be gaming companies, including console providers, game publishers, developers and distributors and providers of PC operating systems, a person familiar with the matter said. The EU antitrust watchdog asked if such strategies would include degrading the quality or interoperability of Activision’s games available on competing consoles or providing upgrades to Activision’s games only on Xbox.
Companies were also asked if Microsoft would make some of Activision’s gaming content and features exclusively available only on Xbox but not on competing consoles., asking which video game franchise is considered the most important for a console game distributor to offer and what other main alternatives there are toRegulators asked what advantages and disadvantages game developers and publishers and console game distributors would face if a game is distributed exclusively on one console.
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