The acquisition was announced in January. Xbox maker Microsoft was willing to pay $69 billion (more than €65 billion) for Activision Blizzard. That developer is known for, among other things, gaming call of Duty in World of Warcraft.
Although Microsoft has promised to release the popular shooting game call of Duty due out for PlayStation for at least the next three years, Sony doesn’t like the takeover. The proposal, according to the company, is “inadequate in many respects”. Sony claims that Microsoft doesn’t account for the impact on PlayStation gamers.
Spencer, in turn, believes Sony is trying to thwart the deal to remain the more dominant player in the console market. “Their way of growing is to make Xbox smaller,” he said on the podcast Second request.
Whether the deal will go through remains to be seen. The US competition watchdog FTC wants to block the takeover. The regulator fears the tech giant will limit competition.
Regulators in the European Union and the United Kingdom have also not yet approved the acquisition and are still examining the consequences for the gaming market.
