The acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft sometimes shows strange behavior on the part of the various interested parties, and it is not this new information that will necessarily raise the level.
Jim Ryan comments made behind closed doors leaked by Activision executive
Lulu Cheng Meservey, executive vice president of corporate affairs and management control at Activision Blizzard, had already illustrated herself last February by publishing a meme showing Sony tripping on a bicycle following refusing the Call of Duty agreement offered by Microsoft. This kind of behavior from an Activision executive had surprised the web, and it is still revealing an inglorious part of Microsoft’s fight with Sony.
In a document published by the British competition authority, we learned yesterday that Sony feared that Microsoft would add bugs to Call of Duty on PlayStation while the parent company of Xbox has nevertheless stipulated several times that its wish was to release the same game on all platforms with strictly identical content and without any exclusivity.
Reacting to this new fact Lulu Cheng Meservey reacted yesterday, once once more on Twitter.
Microsoft offered Sony (which dominated the console market for over a decade, with 80% market share) a 10-year deal on much better terms than Sony would get from us.
We also offered Sony guaranteed long-term access to Call of Duty.
But they keep refusing.
For what ?
Responding to her own question, Lulu Cheng Meservey clarified in the process that the answer was to be sought from Jim Ryan, president of Sony Interactive Entertainment.
“I don’t want a new Call of Duty deal. I just want to block your fusion” the head of Sony and PlayStation would have said.
According to her, these remarks were made on February 21, the same day that a meeting was held behind closed doors with the European authorities. We don’t know if Lulu Cheng Meservey has the right to divulge remarks made during a meeting that was not public, but the fact remains that this statement risks being talked regarding, and not necessarily restoring its image. of Sony in this story.
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