These CoD deals with more parties, and Sony no longer in active negotiations, looks very good for Xbox. Sony is making themselves look unreasonable. They are pretty much the only party standing in opposition at this point, and after Lulu said that Jim Ryan said "I don't want a better CoD deal, I just want the acquisition blocked" at the behind closed doors EU meeting last month, Sony pulling out of all negotiations with Xbox now makes them look incredibly petty because it backs up Lulu's claim. If this isn't enough to wake up the regulators, nothing is going to. Let us pray that the regulators see reason for a change.
Playstation is as close to a gaming monopoly as you can get right now, PS5 sales are lighting up the sales charts recently with PS5 selling roughly 3x as much as Xbox is selling worldwide in recent weeks, which suggests the marketshare this gen could be even more in Sony's favor than it was last gen, in spite of Xbox being more competitive now than at any point in their 20+ year history. If the regulators don't step in by allowing this ABK acquisition and maybe blocking some of these Sony timed hat deals on AAA games, Sony is going to easily dominate this generation in the regulators' so called "premium console market" it seems.
Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 14 March 2023
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