Sony, og måske særligt PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan, har forsøgt febrilsk at få bremset Microsofts planlagte køb af Activision Blizzard, og det har tildels været en succes indtil videre. Og naturligvis er Microsoft og Activision Blizzard ikke helt tilfredse med det, det giver sig selv.
Derfor kommer det ikke som nogen overraskelse at CEO Bobby Kotick for nylig har udgivet et åbent brev, hvor han italesætter Sonys handlinger fra deres perspektiv i en debat som er gået frem og tilbage i mange, mange måneder efterhånden.
"You may have seen statements from Sony, including an argument that if this deal goes through, Microsoft could release deliberately "buggy" versions of our games on PlayStation. We all know our passionate players would be the first to hold Microsoft accountable for keeping its promises of content and quality parity. And, all of us who work so hard to deliver the best games in our industry care too deeply about our players to ever launch sub-par versions of our games. Sony has even admitted that they aren't actually concerned about a Call of Duty agreement—they would just like to prevent our merger from happening."
Kotick fortsætter og siger at trods for Sonys "obviously disappointing behavior", så vil Activision Blizzard ikke gå på kompromis med deres PlayStation-titler i fremtiden.
"This is obviously disappointing behavior from a partner for almost thirty years, but we will not allow Sony's behavior to affect our long term relationship. PlayStation players know we will continue to deliver the best games possible on Sony platforms as we have since the launch of PlayStation."
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