The antitrust case and related preliminary investigations in the Activision Blizzard/Microsoft case have been going on for several months, but the arguments made in this context are as absurd as could be. First of all, there seems to be a competition between the two big players in the game over who can become smaller than they really are. Microsoft recently said it had no choice but to take over Activision Blizzard because Sony’s exclusive games were so much better and they would be forced to buy out the publisher. The Redmond-based company previously announced that Activision’s flagship Call of Duty game isn’t really all that important. Now it’s Sony’s turn again, and the Japanese are happily participating in the reverse cock comparison (“Who has less”). Because the manufacturer of the PlayStation complained to the UK antitrust authority that Microsoft did not allow PlayStation Plus for the Xbox. Sony is also responding to Microsoft’s claim that the Japanese have removed Xbox Game Pass from the PlayStation.
Sony writes: “Microsoft claims that the demand for multi-game subscription services will not favor Game Pass because Microsoft will also make Game Pass available on PlayStation. content and are protected by direct and indirect network effects, other multi-game subscription services will find it harder, not easier, to compete. Microsoft’s assertion that the availability of Game Pass on PlayStation will be a panacea for the damage caused by this transaction is especially empty given that Microsoft does not allow PlayStation Plus to be available on Xbox.” Back in the summer, Sony actually announced that Microsoft had the best subscription service, so the takeover of Activision Blizzard would hurt Sony much more. All this borders on comedy.