Phil Spencer accuses Sony of using earnings from their games to “reduce Xbox’s survival on the market”

Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard, a colossal operation serving a figure of almost 70 billion dollars, is now the summer’s biggest blockbuster soap opera. These days, both companies are immersed in a lawsuit with the FTC, in which Microsoft must explain its plans and answer a series of very important questions in order to obtain the green light to finally execute the purchase.

As you well know by now, Sony is the first one interested in blocking the agreement and it has allies such in form of the CMA of the United Kingdom and the FTC, organizations that are not in favor of allowing Activision to end up being owned by Microsoft. Sony, who are responsible for PlayStation, recently accused Xbox of “trying to expel them” from the market, something that as we have seen is also the feeling in the Redmond offices.

PlayStation wants to “reduce Xbox’s survival” on the market

Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, has declared in court and has even had to assure under oath that Call of Duty will continue to appear on PS5 and future consoles “as long as Sony wants it”, but what is really interesting is the harsh accusation that was launched against the Japanese company. According to Spencer, when Microsoft launches its own video games on PlayStation consoles, the 30% of the earning kept by Sony per transaction is used to try to “reduce Xbox’s survival on the market,” implying malpractice when trying to weaken the competition.

Spencer himself has also taken advantage of his appearance in the trial to insist once again that PlayStation is the market leader, unlike the Xbox division that is far from occupying the first position against their rivals. The leader of Microsoft’s video game division also believes that Sony is an aggressive competitor to those who have not been able to achieve much in the last 20 years.

Source | The Verge