FTC says I told you judge, I warned you bro, as it unloads on Microsoft for Game Pass price hikes and 'a degraded product' that it says break promises made to seal the Activision merger

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Are you upset about the recent Game Pass price hike? Well, good news: so is the mighty American state. Or part of it, anyway. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the country's antitrust and consumer protection watchdog, has submitted a filing to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in which it attacks Microsoft for "introducing a degraded product" with its new Game Pass Standard tier.

If you're not up to speed, Microsoft announced just over a week ago that it was overhauling its Game Pass subscription tiers across console and PC. Here's a quick breakdown of what changed: