Xbox executive Matt Booty certainly said: microsoft push playstation According to an internal email shared as part of ongoing legal proceedings between Microsoft/Activision and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the exit from the gaming business has been revealed. The allegation was first filed by a group of gamers who sued Microsoft to block the Activision merger. Despite the company’s attempts to keep the email confidential, the email was made public.
Xbox didn’t want PlayStation to become the ‘Disney of gaming’
In December 2019, Booty responded to an email from CFO Tim Stuart, in which he appears to be discussing Game Pass and Xbox’s future content strategy. At the beginning of his email, Booty proposes “a different view than the popular view” that Microsoft could simply “put Sony out of business.” Mr. Booty makes the obvious point. Microsoft is well-funded to curb competitor attacks.
Booty told Stuart it might be worth losing billions on content acquisitions if it means preventing the likes of Tencent, Google, Amazon and Sony from becoming the ‘Disney of gaming’. said.
Microsoft claims that Booty’s proposal never formally became a strategy for the company, and that the email predates the deal with Activision Blizzard. But critics point out that Microsoft spent an exorbitant sum of money on acquisitions, starting with the acquisition of ZeniMax Media not long after Booty’s email.
