Darc Requiem said:
No it isn't. The regulators and Sony have repeatedly told MS that "Nintendo doesn't count" so MS is using their own nonsense against them. Sony wants Nintendo discounted because it proves that you don't need Call of Duty to have a successful platform. But without Nintendo being included, it worsens their position because outside of the 360. The Xbox brand of consoles have been thoroughly dominated by the Playstation brand in sales. It's the definition of cutting your nose of to spite your face. Anyone with basic knowledge of gaming knows that Sony's stance is nonsense and frankly hypocritical. Sony buying exclusives from the out set of their entry in the gaming console industry. They had no issues with exclusives, sales, and acquisitions in the past. They've been actively paying developers to keep content off their competition from Tomb Raider 2 on the Saturn (the games developed but shelved) to Final Fantasy VII Remake not being on Xbox consoles now. This situation has revealed that Sony has been paying developers not put games on Gamepass. Sony has been in leader in the console industry for most of the last 30 years. For them to go in front regulators and pretend that they some frail company that will be crushed by this acquisition is ludicrous. Especially when they are actively engaged in anti-competitive tactics themselves. |
Not quite. Said sentiments have been muttered prior (long before this deal). I certainly get the noise about acquisitions/money hats/underhanded moves (although that type of stuff happened long before Sony entered the console space), but the problem here is this specific buy. CoD is the biggest 3rd party game out there year-after-year and that's why multiple companies take issue with the purchase. No other acquisition from any other situation comes close.
Last edited by CGI-Quality - on 23 February 2023 
