Millie Amand, Entertainment Media Data Analyst, recently Claimed via tweet Sony already has a show planned for October 20, but is delaying all show plans to avoid drawing attention to upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusives, as the company believes the reveal of any new exclusive title could add more weight to Microsoft’s latest response to the CMA in the UK. .
As the analyst claims, Sony was supposed to announce the PlayStation 20 offer earlier this month on October 11, but an official statement from the UK Competition and Markets Authority regarding the existence of a real threat to open competition in console games as a result of the acquisition Microsoft on Activision-Blizzard convinced Sony to postpone its plans to show any new exclusive titles.
Indeed, Microsoft has responded to the CMA’s concerns by pointing to the fact that Sony is exaggerating the importance of Call of Duty, and that Sony’s current position in the console game market is much higher than that of Xbox. Microsoft claimed that even after the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, it would still be behind PlayStation and Nintendo in the console game market.
Currently, the UK CMA has decided to start a phase two investigation into Microsoft’s proposed deal with Activision-Blizzard, and it appears Sony is doing everything in its power to have the deal rejected by regulators.
As previously reported, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan apparently traveled to Brussels earlier in September 2022 for an in-person meeting with EU competition regulator headquarters to discuss his concerns about Microsoft’s potential acquisition of Activision-Blizzard.
Microsoft needs at least 20 accreditations from different regulators to deliver across the world, and the company has already secured two from Saudi Arabia and Brazil. It is still unknown how the UK and EU will ultimately handle the deal, but it appears to be one of the toughest deals for Microsoft in history.
Microsoft has promised to keep Call of Duty available to PlayStation users for several years following the internal contract between Sony and Activision, however, all Activision-Blizzard games are expected to appear on Game Pass once the deal is completed.
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