Microsoft vs FTC – Infection Podcast Episode 441

Revelations from the Microsoft/FTC hearing, Game subscriptions fizzling out, and more on this week’s episode of Infection Podcast

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• Random

• • MrBeast says he turned down the chance to be on the doomed Titan submersible | PC Gamer
  • XFX SPEEDSTER MERC 319 AMD Radeon™ RX 6750 XT BLACK Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 HDMI 3xDP, AMD RDNA™ 2

• Economy

• • The A.I. job culling has already begun and 4,000 people lost work last month to the technology, according to a new report
  • Game subscription interest is fizzling out, argues analyst
  • Over half of Scavengers Studio laid off | GamesIndustry.biz
  • Hi-Rez Studios restructure results in layoffs | GamesIndustry.biz

• Microsoft

• • Biggest revelations from the Microsoft vs FTC hearing
  • Xbox’s Phil Spencer says he wouldn’t use Sony’s own exclusivity tactics against PlayStation
  • Sony Is Using ‘Starfield’ As Its Argument Against The Microsoft Activision Acquisition
  • Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass – The Verge
  • Xbox is hiking Game Pass prices but sparing PC Game Pass, at least for now | PC Gamer
  • Here are some of the biggest revelations from the Microsoft vs FTC hearing | TechSpot

• E3

• • The ESA insists E3 isn’t dead despite the city of Los Angeles saying otherwise | PC Gamer
  • E3 is canceled for the next two years | PCGamesN