Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has accused Sony of “trying to sabotage” Microsoft’s takeover and claimed that PlayStation chief Jim Ryan has “stopped talking” to both.
“Suddenly, Sony’s entire leadership team stopped talking to anyone at Microsoft,” Kotick said. “I think this is all Sony just trying to sabotage the transaction.”
He added: “The whole idea that we are not going to support a PlayStation or that Microsoft would not support the PlayStation, it is absurd.” In response to a request for comment from the FT, Sony said: “We are in contact with Microsoft and have no further comment regarding our private negotiations.” Kotick went on to state that he was optimistic the Microsoft acquisition would close by July 202, noting that in its fight with the FTC, Microsoft had hired lawyer Beth Wilkinson, who was previously hired by the commission in 2012 to lead a probe into“She feels like if she is going to have to litigate against the FTC, she will absolutely crush them,” he said.over its commitment to keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation – a key issue in regulators’ scrutiny of the deal.
And in a series of tweet, Microsoft’s chief communications officer claimed SIE had misled regulators in Brussels over“I hear Sony is briefing people in Brussels claiming Microsoft is unwilling to offer them parity for Call of Duty if we acquire Activision,” wrote Frank X. Shaw. “Nothing could be further from the truth.”
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