Sony has claimed that Microsoft’s “true strategy” behind its Activision Blizzard deal is to have PlayStation “become like Nintendo” and not compete in the 18-rated shooter space.
), as the Decision explains, and it would then be free from serious competitive pressure.”
SIE’s statement goes on to claim that Activision’s games, “in particular Call of Duty”, are “critical” to PlayStation. “The franchise is firmly entrenched in gamers’ psyche: every instalment since Call of Duty was first released back in 2003 has consistently topped the charts,” it states, going on to share redacted percentage figures of the share of its audience it believes it would lose to Xbox should CoD go exclusive.
“Ignoring these facts, Microsoft argues that Nintendo has been successful without access to Call of Duty,” it continued. “This misses the point. The Decision identifies a wide body of evidence showing that Nintendo offers a differentiated experience to Xbox and PlayStation because it is focused on family-friendly games that are very different from PEGI 18 FPS games like Call of Duty.
“This is supported by Microsoft’s internal documents, which, so the CMA found, show that: “In general, Microsoft’s internal documents track PlayStation more closely than Nintendo, with Nintendo often being absent from any internal competitive assessment”.
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