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Franca Quarneti

Microsoft CEO Criticizes Console Exclusives Amid FTC Hearing

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JUNE 28: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at federal court on June 28, 2023. Microsoft Corp CEO Satya Nadella has placed the blame for the existence of console exclusives on Sony Group Corp, saying that he would prefer to eliminate them altogether. During his testimony at a hearing in the lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Microsoft, Nadella addressed the issue of exclusives and directed his criticism toward the PlayStation manufacturer. PHOTO BY LOREN ELLIOTT/GETTY IMAGES 

If it was up to me I would love to get rid of the entire exclusives on consoles, but that’s not for me to define especially as a low-share player in the console market,” the CEO stated, according to Kotaku.

“The dominant player there [Sony] has defined market competition using exclusives, so that’s the world we live in. I have no love for that world.”

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