If you watched our last vidcast, you probably didn’t miss it in the block on the ongoing dispute between Microsoft and the Federal Trade Commission that part of the argument about the Activision acquisition view turned on whether the Nintendo Switch is a competitor to the Xbox Series and PlayStation 5. Microsoft this line supports because it could rise to third place in the framework thanks to the excellent sales of the Switch console wars, which would be beneficial for him in terms of trying to acquire Activision. On the other hand, Sony argues that the hardware is outdated, that the games are for the Nintendo Switch specific, and that the only real competition for the Xbox is the PlayStation. But Microsoft’s lawyers don’t want to give up, so they argued the price of all the devices to Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley. But in the process, Microsoft very vaguely stated (trans IGN), that Sony is going to launch the speculated lightweight version of the PlayStation 5 this year as well as the announced handheld Q, which quite naturally got players quite interested.
If you’re wondering why Microsoft mentioned something like this, it’s because of the price. On the basis of it, he points out that the Switch and the current generation of Xbox are very close to the PlayStation, because its OLED version is sold at a price 50 dollars higher than the Xbox Series S. On the account of the PlayStation, Microsoft’s lawyers mention that it is 50 dollars more expensive for a change PS5 without an optical drive – specifically for $399 – and they deliver a key piece of information. “At the end of the year, we expect to release the PlayStation 5 Slim for this same reduced amount,” Microsoft says, though naturally it doesn’t say what sources it’s drawing from. In addition, Sony has not yet responded to the statement, so it is a question of when the evidence will be presented, and what the representatives of the Japanese company will say about it, at least in court, if not in response to media inquiries.
Microsoft ale u lighter the PS5 version, which insider Tom Henderson has talked about several times, for example, is definitely not over, and they added a section about the handheld Q. “Sony is also preparing to release a handheld version of the PlayStation 5 later this year at a price under $300,” Microsoft claims with a price tag that continues to compare all three families of consoles as well as individual models. Although it was not precisely stated that the mentioned handheld Q is in question, there is no mention of any other, so we overlook a certain inaccuracy in the designation of the device as the PS5 handheld version. Whether Microsoft’s argument will help its position in the outlined dispute is, of course, a question for the judge, but the promise remains that we could really expect new gaming hardware in the coming four to five months.
2023-07-05 07:39:46
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