This is the end of the FTC’s fight to block a $68.7 billion deal that saw Microsoft purchase Activision Blizzard. The deal closed in 2023.

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.

The FTC had previously argued that the Activision Blizzard acquisition would give Microsoft an unfair edge in the gaming industry.