According to a statement made earlier this year by Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO, Jim Ryan, information on the PlayStation 6 features will not be shared with Activision Blizzard if the publisher is acquired by Microsoft.
In a deposition in April, it was revealed that even if some Activision Blizzard games were to be released on PlayStation after the acquisition, Sony would withhold information on the PlayStation 6 features. This decision is based on the belief that Activision Blizzard would have less motivation to optimize their games for the unique capabilities of the console. Instead, after the acquisition, Sony’s primary focus would be on enhancing the overall Xbox business, not just the Activision Blizzard sector.
Sony’s Jim Ryan said in a deposition back in April that if Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision happens, Sony won’t share any PS6 information with Activision developers, saying they will not be able to share relevant future console info to a developer owned by a competitor pic.twitter.com/Py0Ag554pc
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Although some time has passed since the deposition, it is unlikely that Jim Ryan’s stance on the Activision Blizzard acquisition has changed. This implies that Sony Interactive Entertainment would actively prevent games like future installments of the Call of Duty series from being released on the PlayStation 6, even if Activision Blizzard were willing to do so.
At present, it remains uncertain whether Microsoft will successfully complete the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. While the deal has been approved in some territories, such as Europe and South Korea, it faces opposition in others. The UK’s CMA believes the acquisition poses concerns for cloud gaming, and similar issues have been raised in New Zealand. Furthermore, the acquisition is temporarily blocked in the United States pending an injunction from the FTC, meaning it will take some time before the final outcome of this situation is determined.
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