"At a minimum, Sony could include additional first- and third-party releases in PlayStation Plus on the 'day and date' release. It is clear that Sony has a range of options to maintain or improve the competitive position of PlayStation Plus.
"Further, even if Microsoft succeeds in growing Game Pass with the addition of Call of Duty, the CMA also would have to satisfy itself that Sony could not respond through investments or improvements in its service. In response, Microsoft says – and we're paraphrasing here – 'well, if you're worried, why not add your games to PS Plus day and date, like we do'. PS Plus looks pretty healthy from this angle. In response to Sony claiming Xbox Game Pass' 29 million subscribers meant less than its own 47.3 million PS Plus subs, Microsoft suggested that PlayStation change its position on day-and-date additions to the service – after all, it's clearly working for the Xbox platform holder, right? The crux of the argument lies in Call of Duty: Sony reckons if CoD was allowed on Xbox, PlayStation services and platforms would be hit badly, and that would be bad for the overall gaming ecosystem. The result is a lot of posturing and sabre-rattling that really doesn't do anyone any favours in the eyes of consumers. At least the new one is Actually Good.Įffectively, each company is trying to make itself look as small as possible in order to coax the CMA into thinking it is in the right. As an inquiry persists into whether the deal should be allowed to take place, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority published Sony's response to the authority's Issues Statement, and we've seen some peculiar back and forths between each of the companies in the documents. The news came out last week as part of a new development in the messy inquiry into whether Microsoft should be allowed to acquire Activsion Blizzard. If you've been keeping an eye on the very messy (and very public) fight that's going on between Sony and Microsoft at the moment, then the fact that Xbox Game Pass subscribers are way ahead of PS Plus tier subscribers will not surprise you.
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