Sony is not skimping on the means to prevent Microsoft from hosting excellent games on the Xbox series. Business is business.
As Microsoft struggles to validate its acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, we see the dossier as a true soap opera pitting two industry giants against each other, throwing spades at every episode. Ultimately, it was the FTC that got involved and took Microsoft to court to blow up the takeover. In its response to this new attack, Microsoft has also disclosed some details about certain maneuvers by its direct competitor Sony.
Sony reserves large licenses
If most of the big players in the industry don’t take a bad view of this acquisition, Sony, on the other hand, is absolutely against it. One of the Japanese company’s main arguments is that if Microsoft gets its hands on Activision and makes Call of Duty exclusive, it could completely unbalance the competition and make Microsoft an unstoppable leader. Something that refutes the American company.
On new pages of the file, Microsoft explains that exclusivity is not a problem for the industry, on the contrary. He also reiterates that his main competitors have more than him and very strong first-party licenses. Such as Nintendo with Pokemon, Mario etc zeldaor Sony with God of War, horizon or Marvel’s Spider-Man etc return.
However, Microsoft also claims that Sony goes further and does not hesitate to block third-party games in its park, signing special contracts to prevent publishers from supplying their games to the Microsoft ecosystem. This is especially true for Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Silent Hill 2 Remake or Bloodborne.
Sony would therefore put the spokes in the wheels for years and still Microsoft by reserving quality games. And most of the time when it comes to timed exclusives, games can only be released on PC, not Xbox. A practice that is not uncommon in the industry, although Microsoft has a very different policy on its part. The goal is very clear, to be present wherever Sony prefers to form its own (large) cocoon.
While many rumors suggested so Final Fantasy 7 Remake or Silent Hill 2 could come to the Xbox series one day, it really seems impossible now. Sony doesn’t want these games to be able to go to the competition, period.
It’s not tomorrow the day before Xbox gamers get to play the latest final fantasy or at Silent Hill 2 if we believe the latest information shared by Microsoft, but the latter does not let go of the case regarding its acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. The American giant is trying as best it can to gain a foothold with Sony and has even gone so far as to agree to exit call of Duty end up on the PS Plus for many years as needed. But for Sony it’s obviously still not enough. Continued in the next episode.
