Xbox chief and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Sony’s opposition to the Activision Blizzard deal is influenced by the PlayStation-maker’s needs to “defend its dominance” in consoles. From a report: “Sony is attempting to guard its dominance on the console. The best way they develop is by making Xbox smaller,” Spencer mentioned on the Second Request podcast when discussing “the one main opposer to the deal”: Sony. “Sony is attempting to guard its dominance on the console. The best way they develop is by making Xbox smaller,” Spencer mentioned.
“[Sony] has a really totally different view of the trade than we do. They do not ship their video games day and date on PC, they don’t put their video games into their subscription after they launch their video games.” Spencer claimed that “Sony is main the dialogue round why the deal should not undergo”, saying that the corporate is attempting to guard PlayStation’s “dominant place on console” by “seize[bing] onto Name of Obligation”. “The biggest console maker on this planet elevating an objection in regards to the one franchise that we have mentioned will proceed to ship on the platform,” Spencer added. “It is a deal that advantages clients by means of selection and entry.”
