You remember those recent changes Microsoft made to Xbox Game Pass, both in terms of tiers on offer and pricing? Well, the FTC definitely isn’t confused about how to feel about them. In fact, it’s now claimed that they represent “exactly the sort of consumer harm” it was trying to prevent coming to pass last year.
If by some miracle you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, first of all, your Xbox Game Pass subscription is probably gonna be more expensive the next time you get your bill than it was before you went under the rock, thanks to those changes that we learned about last week (we’re sorry to break this to you). Secondly, you might have missed the lengthy court battle The Federal Trade Commission had with Microsoft over the effects its aquisition of Activision Blizzard might have.
Now, The FTC has filed a new letter in its ongoing appeal of the deal in which it claims that those recent Game Pass changes represent exactly the kind of negative consequences for consumers that the body alleged could come to pass in its scrutiny of the acuisition last year.
