It’s no secret, Sony has shown his absolute rejection to Microsoft’s possible purchase of Activision Blizzard, and it’s clear that the thought of the Call of Duty franchise ending up in the hands of one of its rivals fills him with deep dread, so much so that the company’s CEO Jim Ryan didn’t hesitate to say that:

“If PlayStation receives a reduced version of Call of Duty, his reputation would be seriously damaged. Our players could leave the platform en masse and this would have network consequences that would add to the problem. Our business will never recover. Any reduction in price, performance or quality of the PlayStation game, or any delay in release, would quickly damage SIE’s reputation and result in a loss of participation and players.”

These statements by Jim Ryan don’t really add anything new to what Sony has already said about the importance of Call of Duty on PlayStation, but the truth is that his arguments continue to ring true. ridiculous exaggeration and have a touch hypocrisy very marked. I could give you many examples, but without a doubt one of the best and most recent is The Last of Us Part I, a Sony exclusive that recently arrived on PC in a pathetic state, making it one of the worst ports. I remember.

I would like to listen to sony talk about that “broken” port and other hackneyed adaptations it released on PC. On the other hand, society should also talk about the classics “first on PlayStation”, which has always been associated with Call of Dutyand this has been hurting Microsoft for so many years. He is obviously not interested in all these topics and it is clear that his only goal is to continue it shows itself as a weak side in a market that is leading for four generations.

Another important issue that we have to mention is that despite the fact that the Xbox Series X has a more powerful configuration than the PS5, the cross-platform games that both consoles receive usually have the same graphic quality and the same level of performance. This “forced” parity by PlayStation is nothing new either, We’ve already seen this with the PS2, a console that was clearly inferior to the Game Cube and Xbox, and that meant that only exclusives from both consoles could demonstrate this superiority over Sony’s system.

Although everything Sony has to sweep “under the carpet”the company remains obsessed with torpedoing Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard at all costs, although it is becoming increasingly difficult, since the Redmond giant already has the approval of such important countries as Japan, and since even the CMA has begun to open your eyes to the reality of the video console market .