2023-06-23 08:46:15
Negotiations between the US and the FTC over the Activision Blizzard acquisition are underway this week, and from there there’s been a steady stream of news, mostly surprising announcements from Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, and Sony. An example of this comes from a file obtained on Twitter by Axios reporter Stephen Totilo. PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan said Sony would not share information regarding PlayStation 6 unique features with Activision Blizzard if Microsoft owned them: “We simply can’t risk a company owned by a direct competitor. The risk of accessing that information. I believe their motivation – their primary motivation, post-acquisition, will be to optimize their overall Xbox business, not Activision’s. While Sony doesn’t want to share competitive secrets with a company wholly owned by Microsoft it’s ok Understood, but it also means there is a risk that PlayStation-exclusive features won’t work in Activision Blizzard’s PlayStation 6 games, and hardware secrets can’t be used in the same way. Which ultimately means PlayStation boss Jim Ryan (Jim Ryan) doesn’t believe the parity Microsoft promised in future PlayStation versions of Call of Duty will happen. Thanks, pure Xbox.
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