After the “closed” meeting with the console giants in the presence of the EU, for the future of the Xbox X Activision merger, a new document has been released that has revealed some key moments and discussions made at the conference. In the document, it was made apparent that Sony’s PlayStation has many concerns regarding the alleged $69 billion deal.
Recent reports from insiders, as well as the testaments from the parties present, have offered a somewhat coherent picture of what had transpired behind the closed doors of the meeting. According to one of the CEOs present at the meeting, Sony had some bold statements regarding the merger deal.
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Sony’s thoughts on Xbox X Activision Merger
According to the document, Sony concerns that if Microsoft gets the power to control such a popular IP, there could be some grave consciences. One of them is intentionally releasing a buggy CoD game on the PlayStation to boost the sales on Xbox, spreading the ‘false’ notion that Call of Duty plays best on the Xbox.
“Microsoft might release a PlayStation version of Call of Duty where bugs and errors emerge only on the game’s final level or after later updates. Even if such degradations could be swiftly detected, any remedy would likely come too late, by which time the gaming community would have lost confidence in PlayStation,” stated one of the paragraphs of the document.
On Twitter, Activision executive and CCO of Blizzard, Lulu Cheng Meservey shared that Microsoft had offered PlayStation a very lucrative deal to make them come to terms. But they refused to comply. She said, “Microsoft offered Sony (the dominant console leader for well over a decade, with 80% market share) a 10-year agreement on far better terms than Sony would ever get from us(Activision).”
PlayStation chief Jim Ryan said “I don’t want a new Call of Duty deal. I just want to block your merger,” according to Activision executive Lulu Cheng Meservey. The comment was made on February 21st, the day behind closed doors meetings were held with the EU https://t.co/rFa98lebqC
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) March 8, 2023
In the replies, to her post, Cheng revealed that the Sony PlayStation chief Jim Ryan had stated in the meeting, “I don’t want a new Call of Duty deal. I just want to block your merger.” With such an adamant and bold statement, Sony PlayStation made it very clear that no matter what the parties offer, they won’t be letting the deal go through.
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