The US Federal Trade Commission recently accused Microsoft of engaging in monopoly activities in its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.Charge hearingDuring this process, there were many news about the development of the gaming industry, such asSony provides relevant testimony documentsIt was revealed that the development cost of "Horizon: Forbidden West" was about 2.12 million US dollars, and about 300 staff members were involved in the production, while the development cost of "The Last of Us Part II" was about 2.2 million US dollars, and the number of staff members involved in the development was 200.
其他數據，還包含在2021年時約有超過600萬名玩家的70%比例時間是在遊玩《決勝時刻》系列作品，甚至有100萬名玩家只玩此款遊戲。同時，《決勝時刻》系列作品在2021年更在美國市場為Sony帶來8億美元營收。
Since the "Call of Duty" series has been released on game console platforms by Sony first in recent years, and also provides additional content advantages such as early access qualifications, map packs and additional experience multipliers, it has become an issue of content exclusivity that affects market development between Microsoft and Sony.
If Microsoft successfully acquires Activision Blizzard and emphasizes that it will not allow the "Call of Duty" series to become exclusive content for a specific game console platform, Sony will obviously lose another competitive advantage in the game market.
It is worth mentioning that the contents of these documents provided to the court as testimony were actually "hidden" by only blacking out the necessary content with a signature pen, but during the copying process, the numbers under the blacked-out parts could still be vaguely seen, thus exposing such content that was supposed to be hidden.
