{"id":15728,"date":"2025-10-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T07:00:00","slug":"told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Told You So&#8217;: Ex-FTC Chair Lina Khan Is Having the Last Laugh Over Xbox&#8217;s Activision Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span 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>Related Articles<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Told_You_So_Ex-FTC_Chair_Lina_Khan_Is_Having_the_Last_Laugh_Over_Xboxs_Activision_Acquisition\"><\/span>&#8216;Told You So&#8217;: Ex-FTC Chair Lina Khan Is Having the Last Laugh Over Xbox&#8217;s Activision Acquisition<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"aff4316e123a1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"'Told You So': Ex-FTC Chair Lina Khan Is Having the Last Laugh Over Xbox's Activision Acquisition 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/aff4316e123a1\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition-1.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/aff4316e123a1\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"'Told You So': Ex-FTC Chair Lina Khan Is Having the Last Laugh Over Xbox's Activision Acquisition 1\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Everything that ex-FTC chair Lina Khan said would happen <em>is<\/em> happening.<\/p>\n<p>Those of you who followed the drama around Microsoft\u2019s unprecedented near-$70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard will recall Khan was one of the few voices against the buyout.<\/p>\n<p>She argued, at the time, that consolidation would lead to price increases and layoffs. A lengthy court case followed, which concluded with the FTC losing and the acquisition going ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Khan became an increasingly divisive figure during the process, with some vocal fans urging her to step aside and allow the transaction to take place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"for-mobile insert insert-label\">\n<div id=\"inject-primis-player\" data-src-primis=\"https:\/\/live.primis.tech\/live\/liveView.php?s=117168&amp;vp_content=plembed39b4tigwxqjz&amp;cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&amp;playerApiId=primis_player_float&amp;schain=1.0,1!ziffdavis.com,22392450815,1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, in the aftermath of 50% price hikes to subscription service <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\"><strong>Game Pass<\/strong><\/a>, Khan is having the last laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/linamkhan\/status\/1974192096841265511\">X<\/a> (or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/linamkhan\/status\/1974192096841265511\">Twitter<\/a>) she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMicrosoft\u2019s acquisition of Activision has been followed by significant price hikes and layoffs, harming both gamers and developers.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u2019ve seen across sectors, increasing market consolidation and increasing prices often go hand-in-hand.<\/p>\n<p>As dominant firms become too-big-to-care, they can make things worse for their customers without having to worry about the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the aftermath of the acquisition, Microsoft has laid off thousands of employees across Xbox and its pursuit for profitability has seen it significantly ramp up the price of Game Pass and water down its services.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-10-03\/xbox-s-game-pass-hike-shows-cost-of-lost-call-of-duty-sales\">Bloomberg<\/a> reported that putting Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 in the subscription \u2013 one of the reasons many fans wanted the acquisition to go ahead in the first place \u2013 cost the company over $300 million, with a whopping 82% of the shooter\u2019s full-price sales coming from PlayStation during its launch month in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully this sorry scenario will remain fresh in the mind of gamers the next time a giant tech merger hits the headlines.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/related-articles:189615,188809 @ 1759623391 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Articles\"><\/span>Related Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"object-related-list\">\n<article class=\"object-related-article\">\n<p class=\"object-related-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/386b2c01a4acb\/150x90.jpg\" width=\"150\" 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He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" first\"><span class=\"icon icon-profile\"><\/span> Author Profile<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/get2sammyb.bsky.social\"><span class=\"icon icon-bsky\"><\/span> Bluesky<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return replyTo('get2sammyb');\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-comments\"><\/span> Reply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"insert with-label centered block lazyload for-desktop lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_K68E1C6B4F2E5C\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/desktop_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-foot-after-author\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"LAZY_DESKTOP\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comments-list\">\n<section id=\"comments\" class=\"block comments\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>Comments <span class=\"counter comment-count\">85<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"comments hidden-comments\" data-subject=\"dgp:news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition\">\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850497\" data-author=\"users\/275861\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850497\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850497\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/275861\/avatar.jpg?v=1626697812\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SeanOhOgain\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850497\">1<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SeanOhOgain<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T06:55:24+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:55am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Yep, she was completely correct. It was obviously always going to go this way. What really annoys me is there will be no contrition or apologies from certain people in the gaming media (not push square!! \u2665\ufe0f) who pushed Game Pass uncritically.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">50<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850499\" data-author=\"users\/355476\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850499\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850499\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/355476\/avatar.jpg?v=1749628512\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Medic_alert\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850499\">2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Medic_alert<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T07:03:21+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:03am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>The EA buyout will be the next big one to impact the games industry.<\/p>\n<p>Private investment firms asset strip and leave only what is most profitable.<\/p>\n<p>EA will be churning out &#8216;not Fifa&#8217; and Madden and the chances of seeing much of anything else will be tiny because it doesn&#8217;t make easy money.<\/p>\n<p>We can only hope that the great indie studios of recent years can come in a fill the void these behemoths joining together leaves behind.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850508\" data-author=\"users\/324429\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850508\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850508\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/324429\/avatar.jpg?v=1677288447\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MidnightDragonDX\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850508\">3<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MidnightDragonDX<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T07:09:37+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:09am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Ubi\u2019s deal with Tencent only leaves the valuable stuff (Far Cry and Assassin\u2019s Creed) and leaves the rest to rot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850509\" data-author=\"users\/208131\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850509\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850509\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Simu001\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850509\">4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Simu001<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T07:10:14+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:10am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Xbox bit off to much. Now they are choking. More games they said and yet we haven&#8217;t seen an increase in activision games&#8230; As much as ms khan has been proven right, it also shows the incompetence of microsoft. Or perhaps microsoft simply doesnt know what to do with the xbox brand itself. Hust look at the past 2 or 3 years. Is xbox a publisher? Cloud based company? First party company? Xbox itself doesnt know what it wants to be further compounding the problems it has. Gamepass has been increasing in price and with the final ridiculously hige jump many are jumping off. 360 bucks a year is alot of money. Some regions are even worse off. Also the economy has changed too with costs of living rising&#8230;.. I no expert but it sure feels like xbox is on its way out. (Not that I wish for that, I have no horse in the &#8220;console wars&#8221; race)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850510\" data-author=\"users\/354861\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850510\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850510\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"cainhurst94\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850510\">5<\/a><\/li>\n<li>cainhurst94<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T07:13:33+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:13am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>The biggest idiots are the CWA who took Microsoft at their word and supported the deal giving it the illusion of legitimacy. Any union that gets too big inevitably gets corrupted.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850515\" data-author=\"users\/295919\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850515\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850515\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Shadcai\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850515\">6<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shadcai<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T07:34:33+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:34am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Nows the time for indie and AA games to rise. Some of my fav games this year were from indie companies, and they held my interest more than the AAA games being released yearly. <br \/>Fifa and Cod are just basically the same game being given new coat of paint and higher asking price.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850520\" data-author=\"users\/323952\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850520\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8850520\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PsBoxSwitchOwner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850520\">7<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PsBoxSwitchOwner<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T07:44:22+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:44am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>As ridiculous as the MS price rises are because they are stupid.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be fair everyone in gaming has either laid off staff or increased prices.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850525\" data-author=\"users\/132609\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850525\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850525\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/132609\/avatar.jpg?v=1449258083\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Flaming_Kaiser\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850525\">8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Flaming_Kaiser<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T07:50:33+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:50am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Who would have thought a big Corpo would screw us over. Where are the Xbots now the standard group that defends them with everything.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850526\" data-author=\"users\/132609\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850526\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850526\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/132609\/avatar.jpg?v=1449258083\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Flaming_Kaiser\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850526\">9<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Flaming_Kaiser<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T07:51:22+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:51am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@PsBoxSwitchOwner I think MS has made the biggest debt in the workforce and now with AI the end is near.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850531\" data-author=\"users\/354861\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850531\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850531\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"cainhurst94\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850531\">10<\/a><\/li>\n<li>cainhurst94<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:01:06+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:01am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Shadcai it&#8217;s been a great year for AAA games too. Death Stranding 2, Yotei, Bananza, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Silent Hill F to name a few.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850535\" data-author=\"users\/276878\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850535\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850535\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/276878\/avatar.jpg?v=1755816751\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"UltimateOtaku91\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850535\">11<\/a><\/li>\n<li>UltimateOtaku91<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:07:43+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:07am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Flaming_Kaiser Over on Purexbox there&#8217;s a lot of fans now turning on Xbox and cancelling their gamepass subs. It&#8217;s like every couple of months they do something to harm their brand even more and make more players shift to Playstation (or Nintendo).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850536\" data-author=\"users\/16223\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850536\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850536\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/16223\/avatar.jpg?v=1700355147\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Splat\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850536\">12<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Splat<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:08:00+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:08am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Colin was right.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850542\" data-author=\"users\/280776\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850542\" data-dislikes=\"2\" data-id=\"8850542\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/280776\/avatar.jpg?v=1737283317\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"graymamba\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850542\">13<\/a><\/li>\n<li>graymamba<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:18:06+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:18am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I would love HBO or Netflix to do a 4 part docu-series on the rise and fall of Xbox (and it\u2019s fandom) one day, with each part dedicated to each of their gens. Documentaries about cults and zealotry always tickle my fancy \ud83d\ude0f<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850543\" data-author=\"users\/332393\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850543\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850543\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/332393\/avatar.jpg?v=1759494816\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"OldGamer999\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850543\">14<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OldGamer999<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:18:55+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:18am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I\u2019m done with Xbox now even though I have GPU until March 2027 the series has been sold. <br \/>I will just buy any Xbox studio games I want on PS5 Pro, if they really are any top AAA must buys. <br \/>I don\u2019t really want to support Microsoft with Xbox anymore so I will try to resist any game purchases of theirs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850545\" data-author=\"users\/349907\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850545\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850545\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Lowdefal\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850545\">15<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lowdefal<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:21:22+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:21am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@cainhurst94 The CWA didn&#8217;t take Microsoft at their word, they forced them to make concessions that they wouldn&#8217;t have made willingly.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850546\" data-author=\"users\/331856\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850546\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8850546\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/331856\/avatar.jpg?v=1693422779\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dragon83\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850546\">16<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dragon83<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:21:45+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:21am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Always said game pass and subscription models was destroying the gaming industry , its like modt things, start prices low to get people in abd raise prices , especially as Microsoft has close several studios since the acquisition started<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850550\" data-author=\"users\/357453\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850550\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850550\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/357453\/avatar.jpg?v=1755906396\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Elfuggingjefe\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850550\">17<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Elfuggingjefe<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:25:42+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:25am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>It&#8217;s like watching two trains that have been heading toward each other for years now finally colliding in super slow-motion.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850552\" data-author=\"users\/152184\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850552\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850552\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/152184\/avatar.jpg?v=1712431155\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Northern_munkey\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850552\">18<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Northern_munkey<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:28:09+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:28am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>What a shocker \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850553\" data-author=\"users\/355660\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850553\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850553\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/355660\/avatar.jpg?v=1750917892\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SeaDaVie\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850553\">19<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SeaDaVie<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:32:28+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:32am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@graymamba<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Documentaries about cults and zealotry always tickle my fancy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Have you seen Wild Wild Country? I remember seeing that when I was younger and was completely blown away with how crazy this all was, happening in North America in the 20th century.Of course we\u2019ve regressed a lot since then and North American cults are now mainstream\u2026<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850556\" data-author=\"users\/280776\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850556\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850556\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/280776\/avatar.jpg?v=1737283317\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"graymamba\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850556\">20<\/a><\/li>\n<li>graymamba<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:36:33+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:36am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@SeaDaVie I have, I really liked it too. Can\u2019t get enough docs about cults, always find them interesting no matter how many I watch. \ud83c\udf7f<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850562\" data-author=\"users\/359074\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850562\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8850562\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/359074\/avatar.jpg?v=1758046369\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dogbreath\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850562\">21<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dogbreath<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:48:27+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:48am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>It&#8217;s obviously going to get worse with Xbox retreating from the market. Sony have always behaved identically when in a position of market power.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to pay for Gamepass and can buy the games separately as you would any other title, but what will you all do when Sony whack up the price of the PS6 and even their basic level of PS+ that you need for online play? That&#8217;s going to be doubled sooner or later.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850572\" data-author=\"users\/355238\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850572\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850572\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Questionable_Duck\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850572\">22<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Questionable_Duck<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T08:59:57+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:59am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Lina Khan was right, the ABK deal had terrible ramifications on Xbox, but she did a pretty bad job at trying to prove her point in court. She and the rest of the FTC spent most of their time arguing about how unfair the ABK deal was to PlayStation (it wasn&#8217;t), not consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Like many of the commenters on Push Square, Khan largely based her argument around how terrible it would be for Microsoft to make ABK games exclusive to Xbox (even though Xbox has a fraction of the exclusives that PlayStation does) and how Xbox would become a monopoly in the console market, rather than how damaging the price increases, layoffs, etc. would be to Xbox consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out people&#8217;s biggest fear from the ABK deal didn&#8217;t even happen. Instead, the exact opposite occurred.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850575\" data-author=\"users\/264326\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850575\" data-dislikes=\"2\" data-id=\"8850575\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Neither_scene\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850575\">23<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Neither_scene<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T09:00:16+00:00\">Yesterday, 10am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>So what she\u2019s saying is Microsoft have been the only company to layoff staff, close studios and raise prices within the gaming industry over the past few years\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I mean this applies to the whole industry. Closer to home, Sony closed fire walk studios and neon koi in 2024 whilst also making significant layoffs this year at Bend studios. They also cut 900 positions across geurilla, firesprite, naughty dog and insomniac during 2024. PlayStation has increased both hardware and subscription service pricing &#8211; the PS5 was cheapest the year of its release (madness).<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft aren\u2019t doing this because they have a dominant position within the market (they don\u2019t) due to their acquisitions- they\u2019re doing it as a reflection of the current state of the industry and because they significantly undervalued the cost of gamepass.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850588\" data-author=\"users\/280776\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850588\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8850588\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/280776\/avatar.jpg?v=1737283317\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"graymamba\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850588\">24<\/a><\/li>\n<li>graymamba<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T09:05:17+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:05am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Defence-force activated! \ud83d\ude45<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850593\" data-author=\"users\/336624\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850593\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850593\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/336624\/avatar.jpg?v=1703230499\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MichaelNau\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850593\">25<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MichaelNau<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T09:09:32+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:09am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@graymamba<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve probably seen it but, if not, Jesus Camp, is quite interesting.<br \/>\nAt least I thought it was when I saw it at the movies <i title=\":wink:\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/svg\/1f609.svg)\" class=\"twa twa-lg twa-wink\"><\/i><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850595\" data-author=\"users\/355957\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850595\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850595\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LofiPie27\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850595\">26<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LofiPie27<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T09:13:38+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:13am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I remember back then how redditors tried to convince me that Microsoft acquiring Activision would only be a good thing for the gaming industry and that gamepass was the future. Even a child could have told you consolidation never benefits the consumers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850597\" data-author=\"users\/280776\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850597\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850597\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/280776\/avatar.jpg?v=1737283317\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"graymamba\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850597\">27<\/a><\/li>\n<li>graymamba<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T09:14:30+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:14am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@MichaelNau I don\u2019t think I have actually, might have to check it out \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850613\" data-author=\"users\/330996\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850613\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850613\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/330996\/avatar.jpg?v=1689605068\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DennisReynolds\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850613\">28<\/a><\/li>\n<li>DennisReynolds<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T09:26:45+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:26am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>The fact people championed the deal including the sister site of PQ still makes me laugh. I will never understand the need to support Corps swallowing up smaller ones.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment removed\" id=\"comment8850633\" data-author=\"users\/303641\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850633\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850633\" data-status=\"4\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/303641\/avatar.jpg?v=1648557646\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"NoHope\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850633\">29<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NoHope<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T09:37:29+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:37am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Removed &#8211; unconstructive feedback<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850648\" data-author=\"users\/48408\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850648\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850648\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/48408\/avatar.jpg?v=1507900272\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Boxmonkey\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850648\">30<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Boxmonkey<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T09:45:20+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:45am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Anti trust laws aren\u2019t fit for purpose! Especially when the large corporations get so big they have the judges and politicians in their pockets. Welcome to late stage capitalism!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850657\" data-author=\"users\/302826\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850657\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850657\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Vovander\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850657\">31<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vovander<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T09:49:07+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:49am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Neither_scene I was looking for a comment like yours &#8211; absolutely valid points that are often ignored in this discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Also, gamepass did (and still does) bring value to customers. It is not our job to worry whether it was sustainable or not.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850665\" data-author=\"users\/252968\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850665\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8850665\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/252968\/avatar.jpg?v=1581768753\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Weebleman\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850665\">32<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Weebleman<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T09:54:16+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:54am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>It\u2019s pretty much getting to a point that the only defenders of this move are the staunchest of Xbox fans. Even on Pure Xbox there are people turning away in droves. I feel for the folks running that place as, while there are some good things in the oven game wise, there is consistent noise that overpowers everything. Usually from MS\u2019s own doing.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m just waiting for folks to realise the Rog Ally is not an Xbox and there will be further uproar.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850669\" data-author=\"users\/339587\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850669\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850669\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Rich33\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850669\">33<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rich33<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T09:57:47+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:57am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>This will be remembered as one of those &#8220;be careful what you wish for&#8221; moments.<\/p>\n<p>The number of Xbox fanboys proclaiming that the &#8220;console war was over and Xbox has won!&#8221; in various comments sections and articles \/ Youtube videos, due to this acquisition&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Then it backfired spectacularly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, I also believe it backfired spectacularly on Xbox too &#8211; after MS as the parent company started getting far more &#8216;involved&#8217;, because they wanted a more immediate return after spending all of that money.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850688\" data-author=\"users\/331191\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850688\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850688\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/331191\/avatar.jpg?v=1690032257\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"kirkn\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850688\">34<\/a><\/li>\n<li>kirkn<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T10:09:01+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:09am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>the fall of Activision, EA and Ubisoft to money grabbing investment firms is not such a bad thing if you have no interest in multiplayer games and games with loot boxes or in game shop items.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850697\" data-author=\"users\/332621\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850697\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850697\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/332621\/avatar.jpg?v=1758540328\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ricky-Spanish\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850697\">35<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ricky-Spanish<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T10:14:01+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:14am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>But aren&#8217;t Sony and playstation the dominant force in the industry??<br \/>This doesn&#8217;t make sense how is Microsoft\/Xbox a dominant force when the console is dead??<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850699\" data-author=\"users\/332621\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850699\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850699\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/332621\/avatar.jpg?v=1758540328\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ricky-Spanish\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850699\">36<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ricky-Spanish<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T10:15:33+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:15am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Neither_scene Explained perfectly without any biased \ud83e\uddd0\u270c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850707\" data-author=\"users\/330762\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850707\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850707\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"T-Bone09\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850707\">37<\/a><\/li>\n<li>T-Bone09<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T10:25:57+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:25am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I mean Stevie Wonder seen this coming.. who didn\u2019t? I was against it from the get go. Microsoft knows how to hire good lawyers and act innocent in front of a court room. But their track record is horrible. It\u2019s a dumpster fire. They have 0 innovation but buy companies that already become established just to close them later.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has not really done anything for gaming other than try to make a massive profit off GamePass and they are failing.<br \/>\nThe last time Microsoft was actually pro consumer was during the OG XBox and 360. Even with the huge RROD scandal. They use to be competition for Sony, and I could honestly say if it wasn\u2019t for Xbox Live, PSN wouldn\u2019t be what it is today.<br \/>\nBut closing in on 20 years since the 360 launch look at where we are. Microsoft just bought the majority market of publishers to \u201cSpend Sony out of business\u201d but only have caused a huge increase of massive layoffs and really hasn\u2019t made nothing to show for it.<\/p>\n<p>But with all the negative stuff, there is a silver lining. Microsoft is needing to be multi platform to be able to make profit. And it\u2019s been great for themselves with releasing their games on PlayStation and eventually more for Nintendo.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850708\" data-author=\"users\/359074\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850708\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8850708\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/359074\/avatar.jpg?v=1758046369\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dogbreath\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850708\">38<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dogbreath<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T10:26:14+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:26am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Questionable_Duck yeah you make a good point.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the fears, the deal actually worked out nicely for PS gamers in the short to medium term. Not only will they retain access to Activision games, they are regaining access to Bethesda games AND as a bonus gaining access to Microsoft&#8217;s original exclusives, when it was previously unimaginable that they&#8217;d ever been seen on a PS console.<\/p>\n<p>It was Gamepass\/Xbox gamers who got royally screwed.<\/p>\n<p>Of course in the long term everyone will be screwed as Sony will capitalise on their monopoly of the console ecosystem market at the first opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>My advice would be for people to take a serious look at moving into PC gaming either by purchasing a PC or using Geforce Now. I&#8217;m sorry to say that the future of consoles does not look great.<\/p>\n<p>Console gaming is going to mean paying a lot more, for less.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850723\" data-author=\"users\/185843\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850723\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850723\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/185843\/avatar.jpg?v=1680720941\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Swirly\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850723\">39<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Swirly<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T10:32:20+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:32am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>As stated in the article that 82% of CoD BO6 sales came from PlayStation gamers, can you imagine the internal panic within Microsoft if the 82% or similar DIDN&#8217;T buy this year&#8217;s CoD? Meltdown<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850738\" data-author=\"users\/344767\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850738\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8850738\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/344767\/avatar.jpg?v=1725545650\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MrPeanutbutterz\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850738\">40<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MrPeanutbutterz<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T10:44:51+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:44am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Saluting the halcyon PS2 years. More games than you could count coming at a steady pace, some wild and original ideas, they mostly just worked, no MTX. Meanwhile today, games have shinier graphics, while they still mostly play the same.<\/p>\n<p>The industry is cooked.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8850743\" data-author=\"users\/10113\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850743\" data-dislikes=\"2\" data-id=\"8850743\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/10113\/avatar.jpg?v=1380575648\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"electrolite77\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850743\">41<\/a><\/li>\n<li>electrolite77<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T10:47:33+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:47am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Not quite sure why she\u2019s so smug. She argued that the acquisitions would lessen competition, yet MS are now putting their games on everything. Nobody needs to buy anything MS-related to buy COD or any other ActiBlizz game. Yes MS have carried on living down to reputation by laying people off, but almost everyone in the industry has (apart from Nintendo). Everyone has increased prices. Xbox was already set on their current path of poking their fanbase in the eyes every few months. Think she\u2019s trying to retrospectively cover how bad it all worked out for her and the FTC.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8850753\" data-author=\"users\/292095\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850753\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850753\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/292095\/avatar.jpg?v=1643889306\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Titntin\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850753\">42<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Titntin<span title=\"Push Square Supporter\" class=\"icon icon-hookshot supporter-badge\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T10:53:04+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:53am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Northern_munkey I know eh? Who could of predicted it? Wait a sec, she did. I did. Anyone with a brain did. \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8850764\" data-author=\"users\/292095\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850764\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850764\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/292095\/avatar.jpg?v=1643889306\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Titntin\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850764\">43<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Titntin<span title=\"Push Square Supporter\" class=\"icon icon-hookshot supporter-badge\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T10:58:02+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:58am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@electrolite77 No one has laid off as big a proportion of workforce as Microsoft, whilst still boasting aboout record profits. No one else has put up there harddware so often that it simply doesnt compete. No one else has doubled the price of their service since June 24.<br \/>I have no words I can write here to describe people who wish to defend this behaviour.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850772\" data-author=\"users\/291642\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850772\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850772\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/291642\/avatar.jpg?v=1623931619\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Reeneman\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850772\">44<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reeneman<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T11:06:23+00:00\">Yesterday, 12:06pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>We saw and heard so many Xbox fans were so happy about this acquisition\u2026 no see what you got.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850773\" data-author=\"users\/316306\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850773\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850773\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Slayer25c\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850773\">45<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Slayer25c<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T11:06:32+00:00\">Yesterday, 12:06pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I know this was coming how else would Xbox parent company Microsoft make all that money back from them buying actionvison and Bethesda and putting all your games on gamepass day one it was going to raise prices they are losing so much money. The people who would complain why Sony did not do it we see it now with our own eyes now.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850798\" data-author=\"users\/295774\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850798\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850798\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Radekbejbl1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850798\">46<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Radekbejbl1<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T11:31:43+00:00\">Yesterday, 12:31pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>4D chess move by Microsoft \ud83d\ude0e\ud83e\udd1f\ud83d\ude31\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\udcaf<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850805\" data-author=\"users\/247158\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850805\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8850805\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/247158\/avatar.jpg?v=1571484140\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"andrewsqual\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850805\">47<\/a><\/li>\n<li>andrewsqual<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T11:36:52+00:00\">Yesterday, 12:36pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Yep although was I the only one saying that slimy Phil shouldn&#8217;t be allowed access to more studios that he will, historically proven, RUN INTO THE GROUND, like HIS 343i studio. That alone should have put the brakes on everything.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850828\" data-author=\"users\/318414\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850828\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8850828\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/318414\/avatar.jpg?v=1758191700\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"J_e_f_f__D\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850828\">48<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J_e_f_f__D<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T11:53:04+00:00\">Yesterday, 12:53pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Such a good job that Sony aren&#8217;t letting people go.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850832\" data-author=\"users\/318414\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850832\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850832\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/318414\/avatar.jpg?v=1758191700\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"J_e_f_f__D\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850832\">49<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J_e_f_f__D<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T11:54:55+00:00\">Yesterday, 12:54pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Slayer25c do you know if Activision and Bethesda have put games on other consoles?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850846\" data-author=\"users\/118968\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850846\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8850846\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/118968\/avatar.jpg?v=1645030856\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"BAMozzy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850846\">50<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BAMozzy<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T12:06:41+00:00\">Yesterday, 1:06pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Oh and of course the entire industry has NOT cancelled games, raised prices\/cut specs, laid off staff etc in recent years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>EVERY Company has suffered since the &#8216;boom&#8217; of the Pandemic and subsequent Global events &#8211; losing trade in certain regions, Trade wars and escalating costs, exchange rate fluctuations and other international crises have impacted EVERYONE &#8211; the only difference is that MS acquired ABK and Zenimax &#8211; two massive companies and ABK was a &#8216;shambles&#8217; under Kotick &#8211; so had seen the most growth during the &#8216;boom&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Point is, EVERYONE has been counting the cost of their investments and rationalising their Business. Sony have closed studios, laid off staff and of course have raised prices too, Nintendo raised game prices, EA sold out, Ubisoft have cancelled games and laid off staff, Square Enix sold off half their studio&#8217;s\/IP&#8217;s, WB shut studios and cancelled games etc etc<\/p>\n<p>Its somewhat scraping to the barrel to conclude that this level of rationalising and price hiking was &#8216;inevitable&#8217; &#8211; after all some would be inevitable at some point as you don&#8217;t need 3 Publishing departments each with its own management structure or 3 payroll departments and inflation would lead to eventual price increases.<\/p>\n<p>This is someone trying to claim Victory after embarrassingly defeated and made to look stupid Globally. The situation is not just impacting MS &#8211; although maybe hurting them &#8216;most&#8217; having spent nearly 80bn on Zenimax &amp; ABK before things Wars, Sanctions and Tariffs affected them &#8211; can&#8217;t sell to certain countries (lost revenue), others not buying due to War or cost of living etc leading to massive revenue losses whilst their annual costs are increasing&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850864\" data-author=\"users\/329513\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850864\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850864\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Fghtbk85\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850864\">51<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fghtbk85<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T12:30:49+00:00\">Yesterday, 1:30pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>she ain&#8217;t lying, Microsoft bit off more than they could chew<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850900\" data-author=\"users\/282447\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850900\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850900\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"awp69\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850900\">52<\/a><\/li>\n<li>awp69<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T13:03:28+00:00\">Yesterday, 2:03pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Except Microsoft isn\u2019t dominant. And they argued it would hurt completion? Hasn\u2019t MS put more of their games on other platforms? Hasn\u2019t almost every other gaming company also laid off people and raised prices? This is a bit of a disingenuous take trying to make the FTC sound good.<\/p>\n<p>I think a lot of Microsoft\u2019s greed has to do with wanting more money to invest in AI and less with gaming. But almost everything she\u2019s saying could be said of almost every other gaming company today.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850918\" data-author=\"users\/332621\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850918\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850918\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/332621\/avatar.jpg?v=1758540328\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ricky-Spanish\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850918\">53<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ricky-Spanish<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T13:16:45+00:00\">Yesterday, 2:16pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Reeneman A price increase??\ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850933\" data-author=\"users\/254507\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850933\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850933\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"S1ayeR74\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850933\">54<\/a><\/li>\n<li>S1ayeR74<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T13:32:48+00:00\">Yesterday, 2:32pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Oh is that Lina Khan, the women EVERYONE (gamers and Microsoft) ridiculed, behaved disgustingly towards her, bullied her, said she had NO idea what she was doing, and had her cancelled\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Yeah hope you all feel bad now cause she was 100% RIGHT! I was upset at the time of the acquisition that it made me sell my Xbox and move back to PlayStation. Because I also knew it would only lead to where Xbox and gaming is today. You wait till ads start to become prevalent in games and Sony will follow that too if they can make money from it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850934\" data-author=\"users\/342341\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850934\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850934\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/342341\/avatar.jpg?v=1717640216\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Balaam_\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850934\">55<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Balaam_<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T13:33:39+00:00\">Yesterday, 2:33pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>It seems all the low intellect fanboys and YouTubers that heralded the acquisition as somehow inexplicably \u2018Good for Gamers\u2019 and \u2018Good for the Industry\u2019 are now realizing what the rest of us knew all along. Somewhere Lina Khan and Jim Ryan are having coffee together and both are laughing like the J. Jonah Jameson gif<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850957\" data-author=\"users\/135786\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850957\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850957\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/135786\/avatar.jpg?v=1711573297\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Deadlyblack\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850957\">56<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Deadlyblack<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T13:53:51+00:00\">Yesterday, 2:53pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Microsoft buying Activision then a year or two later essentially dropping first party exclusivity for their consoles was not on my bingo card.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850960\" data-author=\"users\/357847\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850960\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850960\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"StonnyMc\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850960\">57<\/a><\/li>\n<li>StonnyMc<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T13:55:13+00:00\">Yesterday, 2:55pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Dogbreath yeah I think so too. We&#8217;ll see what Sony does but my plan is for PS5 to be my last console, I skipped PS4 but had and still do an XB1 and have two PS3s running however since 2016 I&#8217;ve mostly played on PC. Said pc is 10 years old now and I should get a nice custom built next year, consoles are already too expensive and Sony will need to deliver an amazing console, price, and service for me to even consider another. If everything is getting so expensive I might as well go where games and services have the best price.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850964\" data-author=\"users\/324380\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850964\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850964\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/324380\/avatar.jpg?v=1677223681\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Slippship\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850964\">58<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Slippship<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T13:59:08+00:00\">Yesterday, 2:59pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Like everything else, dividends before anything else.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850969\" data-author=\"users\/332621\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850969\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850969\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/332621\/avatar.jpg?v=1758540328\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ricky-Spanish\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850969\">59<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ricky-Spanish<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T14:02:20+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:02pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Balaam_ It&#8217;s a price increase for one tier of gamepass the industry is hardly dying because of this it literally just effects Xbox console owners who are a tiny percentage of the gaming world!<br \/>\nThe games industry itself is doing fine the job security in it at ANY company not just Microsoft owned ones in this industry is terrible though!<br \/>\nLow intellect haha get off your high horse!\ud83e\udd26<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850974\" data-author=\"users\/191364\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850974\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850974\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/191364\/avatar.jpg?v=1525824811\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"AhmadSumadi\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850974\">60<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AhmadSumadi<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T14:07:54+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:07pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Wasn\u2019t only her. Many here in these very threads said this would happen! Hell, this has been one of my main criticisms of GamePass since its inception.<\/p>\n<p>I would be amazed how the same people who\u2019d say \u201cSony is greed and their greed is anti-consumer!\u201d would also be the ones who\u2019d praise MS for GamePass and MS\u2019s business practices. Shortsighted as if they live in fog as thick as a well-made bowl of pea soup!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850985\" data-author=\"users\/191364\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850985\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850985\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/191364\/avatar.jpg?v=1525824811\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"AhmadSumadi\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850985\">61<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AhmadSumadi<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T14:14:46+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:14pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Deadlyblack I guess they just wanted to make money off of COD. Would be crazy see Battlefield take over COD as the chosen online shooter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850991\" data-author=\"users\/191364\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850991\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850991\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/191364\/avatar.jpg?v=1525824811\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"AhmadSumadi\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850991\">62<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AhmadSumadi<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T14:20:48+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:20pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@DennisReynolds for some weird reason there are people who are fans of companies and corporations. Like, some people would call me a Sony fan. I\u2019m no Sony fan! I\u2019m a PlayStation fan! It\u2019s probably the only Sony thing I\u2019ve ever owned.<\/p>\n<p>But some people are Microsoft fans and they saw the acquisition as a good thing because they love the company so much. It\u2019s a weird notion. Like, how can you love a company that sells you everything and gives you nothing free? I don\u2019t know\u2026<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8850998\" data-author=\"users\/342389\" data-subject=\"comments\/8850998\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8850998\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/342389\/avatar.jpg?v=1729762822\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Oz_Who_Dat_Dare\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8850998\">63<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oz_Who_Dat_Dare<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T14:29:10+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:29pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>And yet &#8211; a lot of the people now saying it was bound to happen, were also the ones aggressively attacking many of us that were critical at the time for just being nay-sayers or not understanding how MS was going to save the industry&#8230;. I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re at Defcon 1 yet, but we&#8217;re very much in Defcon 3 territory with a hurry on (and don&#8217;t forget XB failing makes it more likely that more studios will fail, and will likely lead to uncontrolled price increases on Sony&#8217;s side). I think MS are dong a very clincal move &#8211; but one with a bit of risk&#8230; either way, I don&#8217;t think this has been a good week for gamers (no matter how much MS insists they are providing what we want).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8851013\" data-author=\"users\/76297\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851013\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851013\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/76297\/avatar.jpg?v=1650329794\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"AdamNovice\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851013\">64<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AdamNovice<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T14:42:47+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:42pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@graymamba Would love that instead of one they made themselves a few years ago where the trillion dollar company tried to act humble.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851033\" data-author=\"users\/330762\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851033\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851033\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"T-Bone09\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851033\">65<\/a><\/li>\n<li>T-Bone09<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T15:04:24+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:04pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@awp69 Not exactly. And here is why I say that. Microsoft said they weren\u2019t going to layoff people because of the buyout. It wasn\u2019t just 200 or 500.. it was 2550. And I don\u2019t know the number after the last one they had months ago with all the closures..<br \/>\nBut yes Sony has laid off devs but they have tried to maintain as much as possible. I\u2019m not trying to put Sony in a good light but their layoffs weren\u2019t due to major buyouts that they couldn&#8217;t maintain. When they bought Bungie they had an extra billion to help sustain their devs. And yes they eventually laid off and they closed firewalk studios. So yes, there are woes on throughout the game industry but not the level that Microsoft has caused.<\/p>\n<p>The person was making a comment about what was said and what was done.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851067\" data-author=\"users\/336456\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851067\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851067\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/336456\/avatar.jpg?v=1725893503\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"x3King84\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851067\">66<\/a><\/li>\n<li>x3King84<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T15:40:15+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:40pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I said this years\u2019 ago and the narrative was F the UK CMA and FTC. <br \/>I wasn\u2019t against the merger per se as I felt Xbox needed something extra to compete with PlayStation but I wanted to see due diligence by the authorities.<br \/>What we got was Microsoft being bullies and many people cheering it on for their cheap Game Pass sub.<br \/>Lots of people have lost their jobs, games have been cancelled and Game Pass is apparently now Xbox $360. With ads.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851100\" data-author=\"users\/299908\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851100\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8851100\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RoomWithaMoose\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851100\">67<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RoomWithaMoose<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T16:04:13+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:04pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I like that PushSquare constantly reports on negative things regarding GamePass, but never covers its general news nor good news relating to it. Almost makes it seem like this is all fanboy drivel. Almost feels like they shouldn&#8217;t be reporting on GamePass at all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Like, we got coverage for the price increase, but didn&#8217;t actually note any of the extra benefits coming to the tiers outside of Ubi+ \u2014 and that was just an excuse to praise PS+ for having Ubi+ at a lower monthly rate. Never mind that Ultimate also comes with EA Play and Day 1 releases. Hell, even in that regard, the constant narrative from PushSquare has been that Day 1 releases aren&#8217;t sustainable. This new pricing structure pretty effectively deemphasizes Day 1 releases, and the upcharge in Ultimate should help make the practice more sustainable. Which, if I remember all those articles correctly about how unsustainable Day 1 is, should be thought of as a good thing. From the developers&#8217; perspectives, at least. I&#8217;m not even going to get into how the equally priced GamePass Premium tier basically offers feature parity with PlayStation Plus Premium.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, to focus on this article: no s***. As other comments here have acutely pointed out, it&#8217;s not like layoffs and price increases have been exclusive to post-ActiBlizz Microsoft. So exclusively attributing it to that acquisition just shows how out of touch with the gaming industry Lina is. And even besides that, I could&#8217;ve told you that there would likely be layoffs and price increases post-acquisition. In fact, I did, back when I was prowling these comment sections, trying to reassure PlayStation fanboys that the merger wasn&#8217;t going to completely destroy the gaming industry and kill PlayStation and Nintendo. Almost as delusional as the Xbox fanboys that thought the merger would lead to nothing but consumer-friendly wins \u2014 or complete market dominance, depending on how irrational they were.<\/p>\n<p>Haha \u2014 FANBOYS. Amirite? Kinda getting tired of reading actual news through a lens detached from reality, needlessly stuck on past grievance, and self-serving. And I&#8217;m only mostly projecting my feelings about American politics on this harmless gaming site.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851104\" data-author=\"users\/299908\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851104\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851104\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RoomWithaMoose\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851104\">68<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RoomWithaMoose<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T16:08:03+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:08pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@andrewsqual Sony has no history of running game studios into the ground, that&#8217;s for sure.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851109\" data-author=\"users\/299908\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851109\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851109\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RoomWithaMoose\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851109\">69<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RoomWithaMoose<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T16:13:38+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:13pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@AhmadSumadi That&#8217;s just human nature. Tribe mentality, and what not. If it&#8217;s not over video game consoles, it&#8217;s sports teams, political figures, religion,etc.,etc. I myself am not beyond the behavior: I&#8217;ll always take Android over iOS, Toaster Strudel over Poptarts, normal honey over Hot Honey \u2014 the examples are endless.<\/p>\n<p>I think the important thing is to understand the difference between fun feuding and obsessive competition. And, as you implied, that these entities are almost always indifferent to their supporters, so their supporters shouldn&#8217;t invest too much of themselves in something so unrequited.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851204\" data-author=\"users\/274030\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851204\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851204\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ThomasHL\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851204\">70<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ThomasHL<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T18:04:08+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:04pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Large mergers shouldn&#8217;t be allowed full stop. Massive corporate consolidation is never a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>The current system is absolutely barmy where we allow behemoth companies to employ armies of lawyers to argue that basic economic theory doesn&#8217;t exist, and make promises they immediately break after the merger goes through.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851208\" data-author=\"users\/316306\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851208\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851208\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Slayer25c\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851208\">71<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Slayer25c<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T18:08:11+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:08pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@J_e_f_f__D ya to make all that money back those deals should never been approved in the first place they were bad for employees and consumers<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851209\" data-author=\"users\/316306\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851209\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851209\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Slayer25c\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851209\">72<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Slayer25c<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T18:09:27+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:09pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@RoomWithaMoose u so fan boying we can see it this is a ps website it not supposed to give good news about Xbox lmao<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851245\" data-author=\"users\/299908\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851245\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851245\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RoomWithaMoose\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851245\">73<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RoomWithaMoose<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T19:03:11+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:03pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Slayer25c If it&#8217;s not supposed to report on good news, why do they feel the need to report on bad news? I&#8217;m just saying, if they&#8217;re going to cover GamePass, they should fairly cover it. Otherwise, it comes off as fanboy s***.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8851250\" data-author=\"users\/287844\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851250\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851250\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/287844\/avatar.jpg?v=1738803045\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"somnambulance\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851250\">74<\/a><\/li>\n<li>somnambulance<span title=\"Push Square Supporter\" class=\"icon icon-hookshot supporter-badge\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T19:11:56+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:11pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>PlayStation fans, Xbox fans, no longer must we argue. We can all agree that Xbox fed the industry, several governments, and its entire purchasing public lies and now we can all see it. What they are doing isn\u2019t right. The pundits on both sides were politically motivated and predicted monopolization, and forgot about us all, the simple consumers that just want to enjoy our games.<\/p>\n<p>The console war isn\u2019t over, no\u2026 Now, we, the gamers, have a new console war to battle for just console ecosystems together and divided amongst our various platforms. Let us continue the good fight and boycott this abhorrent price increase in the name pocketbook justice. The corpos may be able to bend a court of law, but they cannot bend us to spend our money on services where cost is not justified by value or ethics!<\/p>\n<p>Too much?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851275\" data-author=\"users\/280776\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851275\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851275\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/280776\/avatar.jpg?v=1737283317\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"graymamba\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851275\">75<\/a><\/li>\n<li>graymamba<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T19:40:08+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:40pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UniDaSensei\/status\/1974354758904508652\">https:\/\/x.com\/UniDaSensei\/status\/1974354758904508652<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851341\" data-author=\"users\/252968\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851341\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851341\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/252968\/avatar.jpg?v=1581768753\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Weebleman\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851341\">76<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Weebleman<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T21:22:08+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:22pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@RoomWithaMoose If a site only reports the positive and ignores the negatives then, by your logic, that would also make it a fanboy site viewing the world through a lense.<\/p>\n<p>I will wait for you to direct me to an article on Pure Xbox discussing this topic.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851342\" data-author=\"users\/312550\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851342\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851342\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Artois2\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851342\">77<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Artois2<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T21:22:27+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:22pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Everyone with a brain cell saw this coming tbf<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851353\" data-author=\"users\/344700\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851353\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851353\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/344700\/avatar.jpg?v=1725289203\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ZeroSum\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851353\">78<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ZeroSum<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T21:51:53+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:51pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>With GamePass cannibalizing MS&#8217; CoD profits, and the majority of profit coming from PlayStation sales, I wonder how much it&#8217;d hurt MS if Sony prevented the next CoD from releasing on PlayStation&#8230; hypothetical of course as we know that would never happen.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851355\" data-author=\"users\/280776\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851355\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851355\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/280776\/avatar.jpg?v=1737283317\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"graymamba\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851355\">79<\/a><\/li>\n<li>graymamba<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T21:53:53+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:53pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Weebleman that\u2019s a mic drop moment right there!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851394\" data-author=\"users\/316019\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851394\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851394\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"tangyzesty\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851394\">80<\/a><\/li>\n<li>tangyzesty<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T22:40:49+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:40pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>The adults in the room saw this coming pretty much from the jump, just saying.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851407\" data-author=\"users\/324429\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851407\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851407\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/324429\/avatar.jpg?v=1677288447\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MidnightDragonDX\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851407\">81<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MidnightDragonDX<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T23:02:57+00:00\">12:02am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Microsoft lied to get their way?! SHOCKING!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851418\" data-author=\"users\/72594\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851418\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851418\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/72594\/avatar.jpg?v=1415670806\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SilentS\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851418\">82<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SilentS<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-04T23:20:59+00:00\">12:20am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Personally I think Khan&#8217;s &#8220;I told you so&#8221; is her just trying to sound important. While it is crappy that MS hiked the prices and doing layoffs, the fact of the matter is that it has been industry wide for a while now. MS was simply just apart of, and one of the biggest names, the whole issue at large. If it was just MS itself, then sure, she could gloat about it, but it simply is not the case. She just comes off as somebody who hates MS in general.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851437\" data-author=\"users\/339784\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851437\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851437\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/339784\/avatar.jpg?v=1711403794\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"darylb24\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851437\">83<\/a><\/li>\n<li>darylb24<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-05T00:02:32+00:00\">1:02am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>To be honest layoffs are not exclusive to Microsoft gaming.<\/p>\n<p>The real issue here is Microsoft&#8217;s mismanagement of studio development, strategy and clear marketing.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the Activision buyout had been blocked, the same outcome would have occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Lina Khan has no real credibility after failing to present a water tight business case against the merger, rather than try to paint the market leader Sony as a victim.<\/p>\n<p>Sony has not been affected by Microsoft at all. In fact Sony has the same sales it always has from Cod, kept marketing deals and can now raise prices and do what it wants as the competition has crumbled.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851462\" data-author=\"users\/299908\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851462\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851462\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RoomWithaMoose\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851462\">84<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RoomWithaMoose<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-05T01:05:55+00:00\">9m ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Weebleman Do you think PushSquare and PureXbox are the only news sites? And that everything one does is justified by equivalent actions by the other?<\/p>\n<p>You are indeed correct that a site that only reports positive news and none of the negative would be guilty of the same fanboy s*** I was talking about. Good job understanding that bias can be positive and negative.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8851464\" data-author=\"users\/299908\" data-subject=\"comments\/8851464\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8851464\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RoomWithaMoose\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comment8851464\">85<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RoomWithaMoose<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-10-05T01:08:45+00:00\">6m ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@graymamba I guess if you&#8217;re a PlayStation fanboy whose worldview is narrowly limited to a pair of sister sites owned by Hookshot Media. Then sure, it&#8217;s a mic drop to enable fanboy s*** by comparing it to oppositional fanboy s***.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"empty\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ui-load-comments ui-cta-button\" onclick=\"this.innerHTML = 'Please Wait...'; this.classList.add('loading'); return false\" href=\"news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition#comments\"><span class=\"icon icon-comments\"><\/span> Show Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"reply\" class=\"block comments\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>Leave A Comment<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p class=\"empty\">Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-group optional\">\n<div class=\"insert centered block with-label lazyload for-mobile lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_Z68E1C6B5025BE\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/mobile_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-after-comments\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"Lazy_Load_HP_MPU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/related\/articles\/activision,microsoft,xbox @ 1759575643 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles\">\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Articles-2\"><\/span>Related Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/aff4316e123a1\/75x75.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"'Told You So': Ex-FTC Chair Lina Khan Is Having the Last Laugh Over Xbox's Activision Acquisition\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading\">&#8216;Told You So&#8217;: Ex-FTC Chair Lina Khan Is Having the Last Laugh Over Xbox&#8217;s Activision Acquisition<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">&#8220;Dominant firms become too-big-to-care&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/386b2c01a4acb\/75x75.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Xbox Squandered Over $300 Million Putting Call of Duty in Game Pass\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading\">Xbox Squandered Over $300 Million Putting Call of Duty in Game Pass<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">At launch, 82% of full-price Black Ops 6 sales were on PlayStation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/1279a5bc5fb2b\/75x75.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Prototype Remaster Could Potentially Be Happening, Evidence Found in PC Version\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading\">Prototype Remaster Could Potentially Be Happening, Evidence Found in PC Version<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">Hopefully not a prototype for long<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/c9740d6afd0f1\/75x75.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Black Ops 7 Has Turned Down 'Big, Big Brands' for Crossovers After Fan Backlash\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading\">Black Ops 7 Has Turned Down &#8216;Big, Big Brands&#8217; for Crossovers After Fan Backlash<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">Upcoming Call of Duty will cool it with collabs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"insert centered block with-label lazyload for-desktop lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_U68E1C6B5026DC\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/desktop_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-after-related-articles\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"LAZY_DESKTOP\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Game<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2025\/10\/told-you-so-ex-ftc-chair-lina-khan-is-having-the-last-laugh-over-xboxs-activision-acquisition\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Told You So&#8217;: Ex-FTC Chair Lina Khan Is Having the Last Laugh Over Xbox&#8217;s Activision Acquisition Everything that ex-FTC chair Lina Khan said would happen is happening. 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