What you need to know
- The United States and Japan are currently in talks to expand co-operation in various areas.
- One of those areas is trade, and during a Senate trade hearing, Washington senator Maria Cantwell raised the issue of competition between Xbox and PlayStation in the region.
- Using the FTC's "high-end" console market designation, she referred to the fact Microsoft only has a 2% share when compared to PlayStation's 98%, criticizing trade commissioners for having allowed the "monopoly" to occur.
