Jim Ryanboss Game consoletestified in U.S. federal court in an acquisition Activision Blizzard from the side Microsoft. In his testimony, which he gave via pre-recorded video, he explained his Call of Duty exclusivity email and acquisition blocking words he had to say to Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick in Brussels.
Cross-examination found a discrepancy between Sony’s statements from last year and by emailwhich Microsoft declassified on Friday, in which Jim Ryan wrote shortly after the acquisition announcement that Microsoft “It’s not about exclusivity”, “Call of Duty will be on PlayStation for many more years” and Sony “Everything will be fine, it will be more than fine”.
According to Ryan, at first he was not particularly worried about losing key games, including Call of Duty. His conviction was to be changed by email from Phil Spencer, Xbox boss, since last August. Spencer had to reassure Ryan that the PlayStation would not lose important games, but Ryan revealed that there was no list of cross-platform games, such as Overwatch 2 or Diablo 4.
Ryan thinks that Microsoft’s goal is to hurt Sony, although he believes that it would be more profitable for Microsoft to release Activision’s biggest games (like Call of Duty) on a multi-platform. “It is very important that the version of Call of Duty available to PlayStation players is equivalent to the version available for Xbox, be it the release date, the quality of the game, the number of bugs, and other such factors. he calls Ryan’s trading risks.
“We believe that Microsoft intends to use Call of Duty to put the PlayStation at a disadvantage in terms of accessibility, or how the game is available on PlayStation, and to bring PlayStation players to Xbox, in particular Game Pass,” he says.
On the agreement to release Call of Duty on PlayStation within the next ten years refused to deal with Microsoft. In Brussels, he then had to tell Bobby Kotick, head of Actvision Blizzard: “I don’t want a new Call of Duty deal. I just want to block your business.” But it was said that it was a different contract, but Kotick wanted to secure a marketing advantage with Sony in case he backed out of the acquisition, according to Ryan.
Hearings in federal court will continue today and tomorrow. It will testify, for example Bobby Kotick or director of Microsoft Satya Nadella.
Source :Indian TV
