Sony does not trust Microsoft and has expressed fear that it will end up making a bad move and keeping the games.
Microsoft and Sony are in the middle of a fight. Microsoft delivered its last coup by asking the company for a series of internal documents, but now Sony has decided to respond to the attack by making him a proposal.
Sony wants to avoid buying Activision Blizzard by Microsoft because it clearly represents a threat to competition since it has franchises the size of ‘Call of Duty’, ‘World of Warcraft’ y ‘Diablo’, so he fears that if Microsoft stays with them, PlayStation users will rush to Xbox.
Of course Microsoft is not going to want to get rid of ‘Call of Duty’. If the purchase is finally made, Microsoft will pay 68 thousand 700 million dollars by Activision Blizzard and all its franchises.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, and Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming and Xbox, are in negotiations to be allowed to complete the purchase. So far the deal is that Sony will have the same agreements as Xbox and everything will be formalized in a ten-year contract.
Sony fears that Microsoft will end up making a bad move after finalizing the purchase
However, Sony does not trust Microsoft and has expressed fear that it will end up making a bad move and staying with the games. For this reason, Microsoft is preparing all kinds of evidence and information that it can present in its defense in the trial over the purchase of Activision Blizzard that will take place on August 10, 2023.
Sony assures that the arrival of ‘Call of Duty’, ‘Diablo’ and other Activision Blizzard franchises to Xbox Game Pass would bankrupt it, so it has decided to intervene and express its discontent with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the European Commission and the CMA who have not ignored their complaints.
Another concern is that Microsoft increases the price of ‘Call of Duty’ for PlayStation consoles, that the hardware is defective or the multiplayer mode does not have the same performance. For its part, the company has claimed that it will not, but Sony is not without its doubts.
