To appease regulator concerns, Microsoft carved out deals to bring Xbox games to non-Xbox streaming platforms and also continue to release games on non-Xbox platforms. Microsoft is indeed doing that, and for April 2025 in the US, five out of the top seven best-selling PS5 games were published by Xbox.

It looks like the FTC has given the Microsoft deal with Activision Blizzard its blessing as it drops it case against it.

The Republican-controlled FTC is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of “Call of Duty” video game maker Activision Blizzard.