Xbox boss: Sony wants to ‘grow by making Xbox smaller’
by Tom Warren from The Verge - All Posts on (#66R6S)
Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge. Xbox chief and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Sony's opposition to the Activision Blizzard deal comes down to the PlayStation maker wanting to protect its dominance" in consoles. The way they grow is by making Xbox smaller," said Spencer in a recent Second Request podcast (Via Eurogamer).
Sony has been opposed to Microsoft's $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, and has focused on the future of Call of Duty in filings with regulators. Sony is leading the dialogue around why the deal shouldn't go through to protect its dominant position on console, so the thing they grab onto is Call of Duty," says Spencer. The largest console maker in the world raising an objection about the one franchise that we've said will...