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Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, says that the Activision PlayStation<\/strong> partnership will continue despite Sony\u2019s behavior during the contested hearings with the UK\u2019s CMA on the pending Microsoft-Activision merger. In a lengthy letter simply titled \u201cA March Update on the Microsoft Deal,\u201d Kotick addresses the accusation from Sony that Microsoft could \u201crelease deliberately \u2018buggy\u2019 versions\u201d of Activision\u2019s games on PlayStation consoles.<\/p>\n

Kotick finds Sony\u2019s actions \u201cdisappointing\u201d in Microsoft Activision deal<\/h2>\n

In the letter, Kotick is surprised that Sony would even think that Microsoft would release sub-par versions of Activision games on PS4 and PS5 if the deal went through. Furthermore, it finds Sony\u2019s behavior \u201cdisappointing\u201d in this legal battle:<\/p>\n

Sony has even admitted that they aren\u2019t actually concerned about a Call of Duty agreement\u2014they would just like to prevent our merger from happening. This is obviously disappointing behavior from a partner for almost thirty years\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

That said, Kotick says Sony\u2019s actions will not impact its long-term relationship with PlayStation. A large part of this could be because, as revealed earlier in March, Activision Blizzard makes significant revenue from Sony, especially when compared to Xbox.<\/p>\n

He is also encouraged by the merger\u2019s approval from the Japan Fair Trade Commission, and will continue to work with European and UK regulators to see that the acquisition goes through. On that front, we reported on March 24 that the CMA provided a provisional ruling that said it doesn\u2019t believe the deal would lessen competition in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, says that the Activision PlayStation partnership will continue despite Sony\u2019s behavior during the contested hearings with the UK\u2019s CMA on the pending Microsoft-Activision merger. In a lengthy letter simply titled \u201cA March Update on the Microsoft Deal,\u201d Kotick addresses the accusation from Sony that Microsoft could \u201crelease deliberately \u2018buggy\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":54607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.playstationlifestyle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/activision-playstation-bobby-kotick.jpg?resize=1200,630","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation"],"yoast_head":"\n