Emphasize that Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard will affect the game market competition
In a recent series of documents criticizing Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard for affecting competition in the game market, Sony seemed to indirectly reveal that it would launch its next game console in 2028.
According to information provided by Sony to the UK Competition and Markets Authority, one of the additional conditions of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is that it must continue to provide games to Sony’s PlayStation game consoles in 2027, but if Sony chooses to launch the next one in 2028 If the PlayStation game console is used, it will not be able to obtain the main game works of Activision Blizzard such as “Decisive Moment”, which will also make the PlayStation game console lose its competitive advantage, and even cause players to migrate to the Xbox game console because of the game content.
Although Sony did not specify the name of the next game console, it is not surprising that it may be called PlayStation 6 and serve as the successor to the current PlayStation 5. But before that, the market believes that Sony should launch the thin and light PlayStation 5 Slim in 2023 or 2024, and even use the more efficient PlayStation 5 Pro to attract more gaming market demand.
However, in response to Sony’s allegations, Microsoft also refuted that the exclusive content of Sony’s own platform actually affects the competition in the game market. The Spider-Man series of games chose to use the PlayStation game console, emphasizing that the current acquisition of Activision Blizzard will still adopt the multi-platform distribution method to strive for greater market profit opportunities, and even shows that the game can be played by more players through cloud streaming. Therefore, it is believed that it has not affected market competition, but has further promoted the growth of the game market.
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