Another interesting background emerges from various documents declassified by the British CMA about the fight between Xbox and PlayStation over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard: Sony was going to try Bring PlayStation Plus to Xboxbut Microsoft will not allowis what the Japanese company mentioned in the report.
And so it would be a completely opposite reaction to the statement Microsoft had already made in the past about the fact that it had proposed distributing Xbox Game Pass on PlayStation but had been rejected by Sony. It is difficult to say when and how this proposal will happen, because the official documents sent to the British antitrust authority do not accurately convey the terms of the agreement bid, of which there was no news until then.
“Microsoft’s position that Game Pass availability on PlayStation as a remedy for all potential harm caused by this transaction sounds rather hollow, considering Microsoft does not allow PlayStation Plus to be available on Xbox,” documents submitted to Sony say in the UK CMA. .
While Microsoft’s position is well known, which has repeatedly stated that it is open to bringing Xbox Game Pass to other platforms, as Phil Spencer also often says, this is in fact the first time we’ve heard of the opposite situation, with To Sony he has never made such comments Or otherwise express willingness to bring Game Pass to Xbox or other consoles.
Obviously, neither company would care too much about offering competitors’ subscription service on their own platform, so the responses are certainly understandable, but the fact that this alleged proposal was also made by Sony awaits further information or data on the matter.
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