In recent days, we have all seen how the CMA investigation into the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft has been developing, where Sony has played its cards and made numerous rather unfortunate statements, without any weight or support. As a result of the above, Microsoft has commented through a statement that Sony should improve PS Plus to make it more competitive, in this way they would not have the concern about the flight of players as they do now.
Through the official document of the CMAMicrosoft has made a pretty strong stance, suggesting that buying Activision Blizzard it will not generate an imbalance in the competition, on the contrary, it will benefit the players, since Sony will have to counteract and make its services more attractive. Likewise, it is stated that PlayStation Plus has already reached 50 million subscribers, so the purchase would not be a compelling reason to reduce that number.
In the document, Microsoft details the following (translated): “Sony has the ability to competitively respond to Xbox adding new content to Game Pass by including more exclusive content on PS+ and/or making its newest content available on PS+, which it has refused to do to date. despite charging a higher monthly subscription. The Transaction will actually provide specific benefits to gamers, by allowing Microsoft to make Activision Blizzard games available on Game Pass on the “day and date” of release, which is not currently the case otherwise.”
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Some pretty solid arguments that make us rethink the model that Microsoft is looking for and the projections that it has with this, providing a better service to Xbox Game Pass subscribers. No doubt this is still far from over, since The CMA is not expected to reach a verdict on its Phase 2 investigation until March 2023.