Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inboxIn the end, it wasn't really about Call of Duty. If Microsoft had tried to make an acquisition of this scale in the games sector five or ten years ago, it's likely that it would have sailed through regulatory scrutinyThis double effect would expose consumers to higher prices (because it's very obvious that services like Game Pass will not be sustainable long-term at their current pricing level, and only some serious market competition will provide downward pressure on those prices) and rob them of potential innovation in the space, since even would-be competitors would have to dance to the market leader's tune. © 2023 Gamer Network Limited, Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom, registered under company number 03882481