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Mcrosof an Sony ar boh balng bhn h scns ovr h Acvson Blzzar al, an Mcrosof s no longr pullng s punchs wh rgulaors
By Tom Warrn / @omwarrn
Oc 12, 2022, 6:23 PM UTC|
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Mcrosof sn’ happy wh Sony an h UK’s Compon an Marks Auhory. Th UK rgulaor sgnal an n-ph rvw of Mcrosof’s $68.7 bllon al o acqur Acvson Blzzar las monh, an h CMA has now publsh s full 76-pag rpor (PDF) on s fnngs. Th CMA says has concrns ha Mcrosof’s Acvson Blzzar al coul lssn compon n gam consols, subscrpons, an clou gamng, bu Mcrosof hnks h rgulaor has smply bn lsnng o Sony’s lawyrs oo much.
Mcrosof pla for s al on h ay of h Phas 2 cson las monh, bu now h glovs ar wll an ruly off. Mcrosof scrbs h CMA’s concrns as “msplac” an says ha h rgulaor “aops Sony’s complans whou consrng h ponal harm o consumrs” an “ncorrcly rls on slf-srvng samns by Sony whch sgnfcanly xaggra h mporanc of Call of Duy.” Mcrosof vn accuss h CMA of aopng “Sony’s complans whou h appropra lvl of crcal rvw,” suggsng ha h rgulaor s smply jus lsnng oo much o wha Sony has o say.
A h har of all h back an forh s accss o Call of Duy an concrns aroun h fuur of gam subscrpons. “Th CMA rcognzs ha ABK’s nws gams ar no currnly avalabl on any subscrpon srvc on h ay of rlas bu consrs ha hs may chang as subscrpon srvcs connu o grow,” says h UK rgulaor. “Afr h Mrgr, Mcrosof woul gan conrol of hs mporan npu an coul us o harm h compvnss of s rvals.”
Mcrosof’s full rspons o h CMA, sn by Th Vrg, also nclus pars whr h company rs o, comcally, mak look lk somhow sucks a gamng an can’ comp. Mcrosof says Xbox “s n las plac n consol” an “svnh plac n PC” an “nowhr n mobl gam srbuon globally,” an Mcrosof argus has no rason o harm or gra rval clou gamng srvcs as wans o “ncourag h major shf n consumr bhavor rqur for clou gamng o succ.”
Mcrosof mgh wll b n las plac n consol sals urng h prvous gnraon, bu ’s cranly nvsng bllons of ollars o nsur any fuur Xbox sals arn’ lss han half of h PlaySaon an ha s Xbox Gam Pass b pays off.
Sony an Mcrosof hav also bn balng ou ovr Call of Duy, an h CMA rcognzs hs by rvalng ’s concrn abou Sony’s fuur rvnus rla o Call of Duy. “PlaySaon currnly has a largr shar of h consol gamng mark han Xbox, bu h CMA consrs ha Call of Duy s suffcnly mporan ha losng accss o (or losng accss on compv rms) coul sgnfcanly mpac Sony’s rvnus an usr bas.”
Call of Duy s a h cnr of Sony an Mcrosof’s bals.Imag: Acvson
Sony has shown how sgnfcan Call of Duy s afr labl Mcrosof’s offr o kp Call of Duy on PlaySaon “naqua on many lvls.” Th Vrg rval las monh ha Mcrosof Gamng CEO an Xbox chf Phl Spncr ma a wrn commmn o PlaySaon ha Jm Ryan arlr hs yar o kp Call of Duy on PlaySaon for “svral mor yars” byon h xsng markng al Sony has wh Acvson. “Afr almos 20 yars of Call of Duy on PlaySaon, hr proposal was naqua on many lvls an fal o ak accoun of h mpac on our gamrs,” sa PlaySaon ha Jm Ryan n rspons.
Now Mcrosof says kpng Call of Duy on PlaySaon s a “commrcal mprav for h Xbox busnss an h conomcs of h ransacon.” Mcrosof says woul pu rvnu a rsk f pull Call of Duy from PlaySaon an ha “Mcrosof has bn clar ha s counng on rvnus from h srbuon of Acvson Blzzar gams on Sony PlaySaon.”
Mcrosof also accuss Sony of no wlcomng compon from Xbox Gam Pass an ha Sony has c o block Gam Pass on PlaySaon. “Ths ncras compon has no bn wlcom by h mark lar Sony, whch has lc o proc s rvnus from sals of nwly rlas gams, rahr han offr gamrs h choc of accssng hm va s subscrpon, PlaySaon Plus.” Ths coms jus monhs afr Mcrosof clam, n lgal flngs, ha Sony pays for “blockng rghs” o kp gams off Xbox Gam Pass.
If h UK bals ar anyhng o go by, hs acquson coul g mssy as Mcrosof an Sony bal ou bhn h scns o sway rgulaors. Mcrosof vn has a ca wbs o hghlgh s argumns as sks o convnc rgulaors ha s gan al sn’ a ba on for gamrs. W’r sll monhs away from fnal rgulaor csons, bu g ray for hs bal o connu o spll ou ono h nrn’s srs.
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