Microsoft admits to buying Bethesda so it can have more exclusive titltes for Xbox

There's currently a trial going on between the USA's FTC and Microsoft to decide if they can acquire Activision Blizzard and Phil Spencer, the Xbox boss, told the court that when they heard about Starfield being exclusive to PlayStation, they decided to buy Zenimax so it becomes an exclusive for Xbox instead - despite Microsoft's promise when they purchased Zenimax that they won't make games exclusive to Xbox/PC. Poor optics considering the FTC's main argument is if allowed to acquire Activision, it'll cut off games for other platforms. Meanwhile, Microsoft presented an email from Sony Interactive Entertainment's Jim Ryan saying "I'm pretty sure we will continue to see CoD on PlayStation for many years to come. I'm not complacent and I'd rather this hasn't happened but we'll be OK, more than OK" - Call of Duty being the game Sony complained about losing the most to the FTC and being devastating to their business.