Second day of U.S. federal court hearing in acquisition case Activision Blizzard from the side Microsoftwas also interviewed Phil Spencer, head of Xbox. Among other things, he explained why the studio’s acquisitions are important to the Xbox and why Microsoft gave in to Activision’s unconventional demands to have Call of Duty on Xbox.
According to Spencer, Sony as the main competitor threatens the “survival” of the Xbox. “Every time we release a game on PlayStation, (…) Sony gets 30% of the revenue we make on their platform. AND [nejen] He then uses that money to limit the survival of the Xbox in the marketplace,” he says.
Every time we release a game on PlayStation, going back to the 70-30 split, Sony gets 30% of the revenue we make on their platform. And then they use that money, among other things, to try to diminish the survival of the Xbox in the market.
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“This allows them to use our content revenue to support exclusive third-party games by blocking entry to our platform,” he adds, referring to a recently released Final Fantasy XVI from Square Enix.
When signing an agreement on Call of Duty according to Spencer, Xbox meant not only a well-known brand, but the entire portfolio of third-party games: “Because we know that we have a competitor who is actively signing third-party games to miss [Xbox]was more important to us because of our customers [tyto hry] guarantee.”
“We can’t get into a situation where we’re further behind,” says the Xbox boss, noting that Microsoft also should have been concerned about releasing ZeniMax earlier. Starfield on Xbox.
Source :Indian TV
