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Microsoft agreed to several big changes to appease regulators in its effort to get the blockbuster $75.4 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard approved, including tweaks to its cloud-gaming projects. Now, more than a year later, we’re still learning more about this, including a new claim from The New York Times that Microsoft canceled plans for a new Xbox controller “devoted to cloud gaming.”
A spokesperson for Microsoft denied that the controller concept was abandoned due to the regulatory process, but did not provide a reason.
Microsoft never formally announced or unveiled any controller for cloud gaming, but an image of it leaked this year, prompting raised eyebrows for its … unique design.
Microsoft cut deals with a variety of companies–including Ubisoft, Nware, EE, Boosteroid, Ubitus, and Nvidia–to help mitigate concerns from the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) that Microsoft might give preferential treatment to its own cloud gaming networks.
Former Xbox CEO Phil Spencer, who led Xbox during the sale process, said such deals freed up one of the concerns the CMA had and helped bring more games to more people.
The Xbox cloud-gaming service showed some initial signs of growth, but the program suffered a setback
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