Correct to a point but Microsoft could purchase Sony and not have it be a monopoly. They would most likely have to divest or sell off the Xbox division since they would effectively have the vast market share between those two gaming networks.
Microsoft purchasing Apple for example would be considered a monopoly.
PS and Xbox are only small parts of very large companies.
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I'm speaking from a realistic point of view. If Microsoft ever bought Sony out they would have no reason to even make play stations anymore and a new console will be made by the both companies (because they're both independently owned by one company). Also the servers and live services would merge too. No reason to have dead servers from a broken company they wanna make money from this deal.
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Right so a judge would probably tell Microsoft to sell Xbox before they could purchase Sony. Or they would purchase Sony and have the Play Station division be it's own separate company. But saying that there's no way Microsoft could purchase Sony because of gaming is probably a stretch. ;)
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Sorta right answer, wrong rationale.