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 making an attempt to guard its dominance on the console. The way in which they develop is by making Xbox smaller,” Spencer stated on the Second Request podcast when discussing “the one main opposer to the deal”: Sony. “Sony is making an attempt to guard its dominance on the console. The way in which they develop is by making Xbox smaller,” Spencer stated.
“[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 making an attempt to guard PlayStation’s “dominant place on console” by “seize[bing] onto Name of Obligation”. “The biggest console maker on the planet elevating an objection concerning the one franchise that we have stated will proceed to ship on the platform,” Spencer added. “It is a deal that advantages clients by way of selection and entry.”