Activision exec says Sony boss wants to sabotage merger & doesn\u2019t care about CoD Activision Blizzard, PlayStationAn Activision Blizzard executive claims Sony boss Jim Ryan has admitted to wanting to sabotage the pending Microsoft merger. The back and forth regarding Microsoft\u2019s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been going on for several months now. At the center of it all sits the multibillion-dollar Call of Duty brand, which Sony argues could be used by Microsoft to skew market competition in Xbox\u2019s favor. While Microsoft attempts to convince fair trade agencies and Sony that Call of Duty will remain on PlayStation platforms, it doesn\u2019t seem as if Sony\u2019s interested in negotiating a deal. One Activision executive recently claimed to know why. Activision says Sony boss wants to sabotage Microsoft merger Activision\u2019s CCO and EVP of Corporate Affairs, Lulu Cheng Meservey, alleges that Sony\u2019s refusal to ink a deal with Microsoft stems from a desire to obstruct the proposed acquisition. Reportedly, PlayStation President and CEO Jim Ryan admitted as much during a hearing in Brussels on February 21. Meservey claims Ryan said the following at the hearing, \u201cI don\u2019t want a new Call of Duty deal. I just want to block your merger.\u201d There\u2019s no definitive proof as of yet that can attribute the above quote to Jim Ryan. But given Ryan\u2019s past comments about backwards compatibility, many are convinced the \u201cmerger\u201d quote may hold some legitimacy. Lulu Cheng Meservey\u2019s claim comes amid news that Sony fears Microsoft may release glitch-filled versions of Call of Duty on PlayStation hardware. Notably, such concerns were relayed to Europe\u2019s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Following a delay, the competition regulator will deliver its decision on the acquisition on April 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Activision exec says Sony boss wants to sabotage merger & doesn\u2019t care about CoD Activision Blizzard, PlayStationAn Activision Blizzard executive claims Sony boss Jim Ryan has admitted to wanting to sabotage the pending Microsoft merger. The back and forth regarding Microsoft\u2019s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been going on for several months now. At […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}