[vlozko]

> Microsoft have not announced any plans to release that game, or any upcoming CoD game on it.

There’s a plethora of articles stating the exact opposite, such as this one:

https://afkgaming.com/esports/guide/is-call-of-duty-coming-t...

It’s something MS has been saying numerous times, including in the FTC court case.

The number of games that are exclusive to a platform that are paid to be that way is actually quite small. Almost all platform exclusives come from companies that are subsidiaries of their respective platform company (343 Studios, Naughty Dog, etc).

The argument of graphic capabilities as something that defines the Switch to be in a different market that’s that of Sony/MS is a straw man argument, IMO. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere in these comments, it’s still competing for peoples’ video game time.

[AmericanChopper]

Sorry buddy, you’ve fallen for fake news. Microsoft has said they’ll bring it to Nintendo, not the Switch, and the timeframe they’ve announced for this is sometime in the next 10 years. Most non-tabloid commentators seem to think this means it will either be delivered by a streaming service, or to a yet-to-be announced new console. In any case, if it happens it will have to be accompanied by a shift in Nintendo’s position in the market.

> As I’ve mentioned elsewhere in these comments, it’s still competing for peoples’ video game time.

Penguin and Scholastic are both competing for peoples book reading time, yet they quite clearly compete in different market segments. Your argument is contrived and ignores the fact that consumers understand how these products are differentiated to appeal to different preferences.

[elefanten]

All market segments have subsets and supersets. Why should the line be drawn where you imply?

Is Sony monopolizing the God of War market because God of War fans understand how those games are differentiated to appeal to their preferences?

The FTC's case that PS and Xbox exist in their own "high-performance console" market is the contrived argument. Honestly, it's dated to even consider consoles their own market. Product planning practice in the games industry these days pretty much looks at 2 markets: the mobile market and the "HD market" (PC + console).