Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft, noted during a recent interview that the company presented new arguments to the European Commission to approve the purchase of Activision Blizzard, and he literally said that in these arguments openly admit that the Playstation beats the Xbox in a clear and emphatic way. By doing so, Microsoft completely refutes the arguments in which Sony has shown itself to be the weak side, and emphasizes that it is actually the other way around.

There is no doubt that Microsoft is willing to do anything to take over Activision Blizzard, a purchase operation that is sometimes complicated, although none of the obstacles that have appeared have made the Redmond giant decide to throw in the towel. on the contrary, and the latest arguments presented by the American company are a clear example of this, and that’s it in the end no company likes to admit defeat.

According to data provided by Microsoft, Playstation beats Xbox in Europe a market share of 80% for the former and 20% for the latter. Globally, it’s getting a little better for Xbox, as the Redmond giant says its proportional share would be 30%, but Sony is still way ahead with PlayStation, at 70%. If we look at Japan, Sony’s victory is overwhelming, as it has 96% of the market and Xbox only reaches 4%.

However, it is strange that Microsoft he did not give figures for the US market. We don’t know why, but it’s a fact that Xbox has always performed better in that market, so it could be that the position of its consoles is better in that market and that’s why he preferred to leave out this data. Since we don’t have official numbers, nothing can be said with absolute certainty, so keep that in mind before jumping to conclusions.

For Brad Smith, things are very simple and sent a rather sharp message to the European Commission. These were his exact words:

“Do you want to strengthen Sony’s position or rather open the Call of Duty franchise to another 150 million people?

The executive has been open to a deal with Sony that guarantees the long-term continuity of the Call of Duty franchise on PlayStation, and just yesterday we learned that Microsoft has inked deals with Nintendo and NVIDIA, the latter to run their games and more. from Activision Blizzard on GeForce Now, so it’s clear that the Redmond giant is doing everything it can to show regulators that it is not intended to limit the availability of Call of Duty on other platformsbut rather the opposite.

Nothing is decided yet, but the truth is that Microsoft is playing its cards very well and that in this case blocking the purchase of Activision Blizzard with all the concessions that Microsoft has made and others that it is willing to make, would be a clear contribution to Sony’s dominance in the console market.