Sony's Dev Kit Snub Prevents Minecraft from PS5, Microsoft Admits Xbox's Console Loss, FTC Blocks Microsoft-Activision Deal, PlayStation Chief Unfazed by Xbox-exclusive Call of Duty, Future Bethesda/Zenimax Games to Release on PlayStation.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer blames Sony for not sending Microsoft PlayStation 5 dev kits, which put them at a disadvantage in creating a native version of Minecraft for the platform. Minecraft is playable on PS5 through the PlayStation 4 version, and the Xbox Series X|S doesn't have its own optimized version of Minecraft, putting the two platforms on even ground. The Microsoft FTC trial has revealed more about the inner workings of the video game industry, including that Starfield almost skipped Xbox entirely before Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda.