The former FTC chair has pointed out she was right all along, in her attempt to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard and following the recent Xbox Game Pass price hike.

Microsoft’s announcement of a 50% price increase for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has gone down about as well as you’d expect, but along with being bad news for gamers everywhere, it’s highlighted some of the company’s previous… factual inexactitudes.

In 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), led by Lina Khan, sued Microsoft over its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, to stop it from going through, arguing that further market consolidation would harm consumers. However, the judge ruled in favoured of Microsoft.

During a separate court case with the UK Competition and Markets Authority, who also opposed the

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