The struggle between Microsoft and Sony over game availability on both platforms continues with both parties laying blames. This entire issue went into motion with the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard and all games connected to the platform. Sony didn’t welcome the acquisition with open arms, as they did try to block a list of Activision Blizzard games (Call of Duty) on their platform.
Frictions within the two companies are rising as they are both pointing accusing fingers at each other. Microsoft on its part blames Sony for not listing its games on the PlayStation platform. Sony on its part says that Microsoft is killing the competition in the gaming industry by purchasing the most popular franchises and limiting access to them with a subscription service.
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Sony claims that the game title purchases of Microsoft are gradually becoming anti-competitive since it limits the games it owns to its Xbox subscription service. Microsoft on the other hand doesn’t seem to see things from Sony’s point of view, saying that restricting its game to the Xbox subscription service will help boost its business. The only solution for Sony will be to allow the Xbox Game Pass to exist on the PlayStation platform, a move which Sony has rejected.
Microsoft is looking at expanding its subscription service to PlayStation hence growing its business and Sony is not having any of that. According to them, the major means of income for PlayStation games comes from the actual sale and not via subscription, although it has an active subscription platform. Both Microsoft and Sony are still squabbling over this issue, with the recent purchase of Call of Duty by the latter party in view.
