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Enclave posted...

Oh no the ruling says it's not anti-consumer, it must be fine then. It's not like the legal system is massively slanted in favour of consolidation of corporate power.

Fair. Sometimes, probably even often, rulings are in favor of the best lawyers. And those are often the ones getting paid more by not working for the government.

So let's focus on the arguments and not the ruling. Sony was slowly gaining "monopoly" power because of how they did things. Slowly they have become the console of choice for most consumers because they were better at getting exclusivity deals and buying up what started as small studios. Over time these deals have made it hard to compete, so they basically pushed Microsoft into a corner, where they almost left the console market (which would have been bad for consumers).

Many small anti-consumer acquisitions over time vs. Big anti-consumer acquisition. Is that a fair comparison if we assume that buying publishers is anti-consumer?