Microsoft attempts to pick apart US legal argument against deal to buy Activision

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Arguing for the government on Tuesday in its legal fight against Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy game maker Activision Blizzard , Harvard economist Robin Lee struggled at times to plainly demonstrate how the planned deal would hurt gamers.

, Harvard economist Robin Lee struggled at times to plainly demonstrate how the planned deal would hurt gamers.

Lee was pressed by an attorney for Microsoft over the details of his analyses of potential market share gains for the Redmond, Washington-based company’s Xbox division, particularly the effect on gamers who would migrate due to the wildly popular "Call of Duty" videogame which is made by Activision. Microsoft attorney Beth Wilkinson pressed Lee in an effort to poke holes in his analysis of the deal, pointing out limitations of his economic modeling. At times the questioning grew testy, including when Wilkinson said forcefully, “Professor Lee, can you answer my question?” on a fine detail of his reports.

 

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