Progress

Current status
in force
26 Jan 2022 in force
05 Apr 2019 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

26 Jan 2022
in force

Ruling in CMA investigation on console video gaming online services

The United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), within its investigation into online gaming memberships for gaming consoles, has secured that Microsoft undertakings implement a variety of improvements to auto-renewing subscriptions. In p…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
05 Apr 2019
under deliberation

Opened CMA investigation on console video gaming online services

The United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation into the supply of online gaming memberships for the Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft video game consoles (Nintendo Switch, Playstation and Xbox). In particular, the CM…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority