Sony’s dominance legitimizes Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard according to its president

Amid controversies, word exchanges, bids and regulators around the world investigating Microsoft’s attempted acquisition of Activision Blizzard, an Xbox executive has said that the acquisition is a good thing to do, given PlayStation’s dominant position in the console market.

According Bloombergpresident and vice president of Microsoft, Brad Smithmade the statement at an annual meeting of shareholders.

“The FTC case is really based on a market that they have identified which they believe has two companies and two products, Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox,” he said. Black-smith. “If you look at the global market, Sony has 70% of that market and we have 30%. So the first thing a judge will have to decide is whether the FTC lawsuit is a case that will promote competition or if it is truly a case that will protect the biggest competitor from competition.

Exclusives

Black-smith it also mentions the number of exclusive games released by PlayStation compared to Xbox. Speaking of 286 PlayStation exclusive games, for the 59 Xbox exclusives. Black-smith He says he does not believe that the change from 59 to 60 is a danger to competition.

“Then the administrative law judge will have to decide whether the transition from 59 to 60 is such a great danger to competition that he must prevent this from moving forward,” he said. Black-smith.

The US Federal Trade Commission recently announced that it is suing Microsoft to block its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The question is therefore still quite muddled for Redmond.

Of course, the words of Black-smithare pretty accurate, although of course that game he mentions is clearly alluding to Call of Dutyone of, if not the most powerful franchise in the video game industry. From the Xbox area we bring you all the news.