Exclusive games are a big deal in Federal Trade Commission hearings against Microsoft and Activision. But according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, console games shouldn’t even exist in the first place.
Satya Nadella says Sony ‘uses monopoly to define market competition’
according to reports The VergeNadella said he intended to do away with even exclusive games, but it wasn’t Microsoft’s position to define those terms given its status as a “low-share player in the console market.” He further said that Sony’s excellence “defines market competition with a monopoly,” making it the norm.
“If it were up to me, I’d love to do away with all console exclusive content, but defining that as a low-share player, especially in the console market, is beyond me,” Nadella said. “The dominant player there is [Sony] “I don’t love that world.”
This was done in the same way Final Fantasy 16 was released on PlayStation 5 only, which has been a pattern for Sony so far. Ghostwire: Tokyo, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Sifu, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Deathloop, Humanity, Stray, Tchia, Bugsnax, Forspoken are just a few of the exclusives or console exclusives Sony has acquired over the years. I’m sorry. One of which he was introduced to Xbox. And these, of course, alongside Sony’s first-party exclusives like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Marvel’s Wolverine, God of War Ragnarök, and Horizon Forbidden West.
Nadella is also Involved Shipping Call of Duty on PlayStation not only aligns with his stance on exclusives, but also with other Xbox employees who have said the same thing.
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan couldn’t quite hold the same position in a hypothetical scenario presented by Microsoft’s lawyers. When asked if he would bring Call of Duty and other Activision games to PlayStation if he was on Xbox, he replied:[didn’t] I want to answer,” and he said, “[didn’t] I know enough to answer that question. ”
