Xbox Boss Tells PlayStation Is The “Major Oppressor” To Activision Deal With Its Intent To Minimize Xbox As A Platform, Interview Shares

In the ongoing battle for Microsoft’s effort to acquire Activision Blizzard, the $70 billion deal is really turning into an uphill battle for the Xbox firm. With intents for Microsoft to bring a better Activision with its hands in the pot, the company continues to face new obstacles when overcoming others. Most notably – Sony is at the forefront to refrain the deal from going through.

According to one document released by Microsoft to the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, it was revealed that Sony slated three testaments to be met or withhold the deal to processed: no hardware advantages; no exclusive content; no Xbox Game Pass perks. And when put into question about Call of Duty, Microsoft was reported a ten-year deal with the franchise to be made for PlayStation after the purchase is arranged.

A statement from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer on Twitter even indicated the same for Nintendo Switch as well. But, Sony appears to remain the real antagonist on Microsoft’s behalf. According to an interview on the Second Request Podcast, Spencer disclosed how he views Sony’s attempt to dismantle the deal for Activision.

“Sony is trying to protect its dominance on the console. The way they grow is by making Xbox smaller,” Spencer said towards the end of the interview, Eurogamer transcribed. He even went as far as to express Sony to being “the one major opposer to the deal” for Activision. “Sony is trying to protect its dominance on the console. The way they grow is by making Xbox smaller,” Video Game Chronicles transcribes a separate statement from the conversation.

“[Sony] has a very different view of the industry than we do. They don’t ship their games day and date on PC, they do not put their games into their subscription when they launch their games. The largest console maker in the world raising an objection about the one franchise that we’ve said will continue to ship on the platform. It’s a deal that benefits customers through choice and access.”

Spencer further incited one effort from Sony in “ leading the dialogue around why the deal shouldn’t go through” by claiming that the PlayStation firm is “grab[bing] onto Call of Duty” in attempt to maintain “dominant position on console”. Do you believe Spencer’s Statement on the matter or have your own viewpoint on the state of the deal?