The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has pointed the finger at Microsoft for today’s huge Xbox document leak that has seen a long list of revelations about unannounced hardware and games.
My concern is that if you can drop tens of billions of dollars on a single acquisition, what’s to stop you from spending “just” one billion to manipulate the situation to put your target in a vulnerable situation?
That’s exactly what Microsoft accuses Sony of doing, and rightly so. But Microsoft using that as an excuse for their acquisition binge is a smartass move, both companies need to quit with their anti-competitive moves.
My concern is that if you can drop tens of billions of dollars on a single acquisition, what’s to stop you from spending “just” one billion to manipulate the situation to put your target in a vulnerable situation?
That’s exactly what Microsoft accuses Sony of doing, and rightly so. But Microsoft using that as an excuse for their acquisition binge is a smartass move, both companies need to quit with their anti-competitive moves.