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was $4.1 billion in April, a 5% drop from a year ago, according to Circana.Ī 6% decline in game revenue was partly offset by 7% growth in hardware sales, particularly for the PlayStation 5 and Switch. Microsoft's ongoing battle to close the Activision deal and build enthusiasm for its existing stock of games comes at a slow period for game sales after interest soared at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.Ĭonsumer spending on video games and hardware in the U.S. Other countries, including regulators representing the 27-nation European Union, have approved the acquisition. antitrust authorities have sought to block the Activision deal, though neither has mentioned the Starfield example as a concern. But Sony has argued to British and European antitrust regulators that Microsoft's decision to make ZeniMax games like Starfield and Redfall exclusive to Xbox provides "further compelling evidence of Microsoft’s ability and incentives to foreclose rivals" to games it acquires through acquisitions.īritish and U.S. PlayStation has its own exclusives - including top-sellers Last of Us, the Marvel Spider-Man games and some Final Fantasy games. Sony has raised antitrust objections to the $69 billion deal over concerns that Microsoft could make some of Activision's best games exclusive to Xbox.
Now Starfield is caught up in another planned Microsoft takeover - of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. In fact, Bethesda first sought to trademark the Starfield name a decade ago, and teased the game in a brief trailer five years later in 2018. Bethesda was already well on its way toward developing it when Microsoft acquired its parent company ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion in 2021.
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