In a private email, PlayStation chief Jim Ryan said the Microsoft-Activision deal wasn't about Xbox exclusives, countering Sony's public arguments and filings
We're only minutes into the FTC v. Microsoft hearing, and we've already had a bombshell revelation.
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Liam Doolan
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Jim Ryan Wasn't Overly Concerned About Call Of Duty Xbox Exclusivity
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@ingridlunden
Ingrid
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Ugh. What this article doesn't say is the email dates 4 days after the deal was announced. Wd he have admitted defeat to his boss, or known any of the terms, at that point? To portray it as evidence of Sony's true position is classic misrepresentation. https://twitter.com/...
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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PlayStation chief Jim Ryan knew the Activision deal wasn't about Xbox exclusives. In a private email exchange he said “it is not an exclusivity play at all. They're thinking bigger than that.” Full email details here: https://www.theverge.com/...
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Todd Black
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Microsoft Claims That Xbox Has “Lost The Console Wars”?
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Fraser Gilbert
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Microsoft Is Literally Now Saying That Xbox Has ‘Lost The Console Wars’
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I still can't get over how silly blocking the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard looks. — The FTC wants to block it because Microsoft might want exclusives. — Which is exactly the strategy Sony and Nintendo employ to greater success. — Oh, and Sony has sold over 3…
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Tom Warren
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Microsoft says Xbox has “lost the console wars.” Ahead of the FTC case today, Microsoft is keen to show Xbox is in third place. Microsoft reveals Xbox had 16 percent share of console sales in 2021 and 21 percent of the console install base https://www.theverge.com/... [image]
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Natalie Hanson
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I'm in an evidentiary hearing this morning in San Francisco federal court, where the FTC is presenting evidence in an attempt to win a preliminary injunction blocking Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard - before the end of the month. @CourthouseNews
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@juankandajuan
@juankandajuan
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Everything I've told you all is literally being confirmed today. If you never believed my distaste for Xbox was genuine todays the day you find out why I liked their original strategy and hate their current one. After this Im heading back to FFXVI https://www.theverge.com/...
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@johnxuandou
@johnxuandou
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I don't think “Our dick is tiny and we can't make good decisions we're really bad at running a company we suck so bad please just let us buy up the biggest players in the industry we need it” is the game winning argument they think it is. https://twitter.com/...
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Michael
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Xbox is actually a small indie game company... https://twitter.com/...
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Tom Warren
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it's FTC vs. Microsoft day. Here's how this case could quickly turn into Xbox vs. PlayStation and what to expect from the FTC and Microsoft arguments over the 5-day hearing https://www.theverge.com/...
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