The Federal Trade Commission’s request for an injunction stopping that acquisition heads toward opening arguments this week, the federal regulator cites one piece of what it calls “powerful evidence” that it can’t trust Microsoft’s assurances. In short, as the FTC puts it, “Microsoft’s actions following its 2021 acquisition of ZeniMax speak louder than Defendants’ words.”
Exclusives are what built the console model we have today though. Nintendo with their still loved franchises like Mario, Metroid, Zelda, etc all began as exclusives to drive NES sales. Sega, Sony, Atari, etc, they’ve all had exclusives. People only seem to have taken an issue with it in the last decade or so.