Xbox Division Head Claims Sony Wants To Grow Up, Microsoft Seeks To Prevent The Purchase Of Activision

The soap opera involving the approval of the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft has just won another controversial chapter, this time with acidic criticism of Xbox Division, Phil Spencer, directed to Sony, manufacturer of the PlayStation consoles. In an interview with Podcast Second Request, Spencer said Sony is trying to maintain its leadership position in the console market decreasing Xbox, and fired that Microsoft and Sony today have very different views about the game industry, especially in exclusivity of games at the launch, Sony is trying to protect its domain on consoles. The way they grow up is to decrease Xbox. (The company) has a very different industry view. They do not distribute their games at PC launch, they do not put their games In signature services when they are released, he emphasized.

Call of Duty is the central point of the fight between Sony and Microsoft

Spencer also talked about Sony's posture in an attempt to block the purchase of Activision Blizzard. The executive emphasized that the PlayStation manufacturer has been to bid for the acquisition mainly due to the popularity of the Call of Duty franchise, whose main releases would arrive at the Xbox Game Pass. Xbox's boss argues that Microsoft has already offered Sony an agreement that guarantees Call of Duty games being released for 10 years on PlayStation consoles, but that the Japanese giant continues to oppose the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by the US company.

Sony continues to lead the argument against the agreement. The largest console manufacturer in the world is raising an objection to a Call of Duty, which we have said will continue to be released on the PlayStation. Benefits players through choice and access, said Spencer.

In a recent unfolding on the purchase of Activision Blizzard, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the United States regulatory body, said it would file an action to block the transaction, on the grounds that the acquisition would decrease competitors of the Xbox consoles . After the action filed by FTC, Microsoft President ad Smith told The Verge that Microsoft has total confidence in approving the purchase and thanked the opportunity to present the case to the court, indicating that the company will fight in court for the approval of the purchase of Activision Blizzard.