Xbox slams PlayStation\u2019s \u201cblock fees\u201d that stop games coming to Game Pass microsoft, sonyIn a document regarding Microsoft\u2019s potential capture of Activision Blizzard, the report states that the Xbox brand believes Sony and PlayStation pay extra money to game developers to stop certain titles from appearing on Xbox Game Pass. It\u2019s been months since the groundbreaking announcement, but Microsoft\u2019s announcement to buy Activision Blizzard still doesn\u2019t feel real in many ways it\u2019s that gigantic. Following Microsoft\u2019s intention to acquire Bethesda, the green brand made even bigger strides to absorb the super studio behind the likes of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and many more. The deal has many obstacles to clear before it can go through and in a recent document sent by Microsoft to CADE (Brazil\u2019s Administrative Council for Economic Defense) we learned that Microsoft has \u201cbeen obstructed by Sony\u2019s desire to inhibit such growth.\u201d PlayStation blocking rights to Xbox Game Pass In the official document, Microsoft said: \u201cConsidering that exclusivity strategies have been at the core of Sony\u2019s strategy to strengthen its presence in the games industry and that Sony is a leader in the distribution of digital games, Sony\u2019s concern with possible exclusivity of Activision\u2018s content is incoherent, to say the least.\u201d Microsoft is implying that Sony has no grounds for complaints when it comes to this deal, even if it would mean some of the industry\u2019s biggest franchises all falling under one banner. The argument continued: \u201cIndeed, Microsoft\u2019s ability to continue expanding Game Pass has been obstructed by Sony\u2019s desire to inhibit such growth. Sony pays for \u2018blocking rights\u2019 to prevent developers from adding content to Game Pass and other competing subscription services.\u201d This is certainly an eye-catching detail as it possibly suggests that Sony fears the Xbox Game Pass model, after all, the success of the subscription service has led to the new and improved PS Plus service. Sony has already submitted their thoughts to CADE on the matter and it\u2019s believed there are concerns over the future existence of series\u2019 such as Call of Duty not appearing on PlayStation, despite Microsoft saying it always will. It\u2019s probably going to be some time until this matter is resolved, given that there\u2019s so much evidence to consider, so it could be a while until the deal reaches its conclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Xbox slams PlayStation\u2019s \u201cblock fees\u201d that stop games coming to Game Pass microsoft, sonyIn a document regarding Microsoft\u2019s potential capture of Activision Blizzard, the report states that the Xbox brand believes Sony and PlayStation pay extra money to game developers to stop certain titles from appearing on Xbox Game Pass. It\u2019s been months since the […]<\/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-86629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86629","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=86629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}