Xbox email bomb: ‘We can take PlayStation out with our money’

Documents from the trial session between Microsoft And FTC to prevent its acquisition Activision Blizzard They are constantly revealing more and more juicy information as well as shaky issues behind the scenes.

One of the most recent revelations came from an email included in court documents stating this Microsoft can put Sony out of business with the money it has. The sender of this email is the boss Xbox Game StudiosAnd Booty died who in 2019 was trying to cheer up Xbox CFO, Mr Tim Stewart To open the money channel and spend large amounts of money on buying games and studios

“We, like Microsoft, are in a very advantageous position to use our money to get Sony out of the way.Booty wrote in December 2019, citing a $2-3 billion spending spree in 2020 aimed at keeping Xbox competitors out of gaming content later.

Even Booty wrote in the emails: “It’s virtually impossible for anyone to start a new video streaming service on a large scale right nowReferring to competitors Google, the Amazon and the Sony. He also called the gaming content moat and that only Sony could compete with Xbox Game Pass, presumably referring to the PS Plus service.

“In games, Google is 3-4 years away from being able to have a working studio. Amazon hasn’t shown any ability to get games done. Content is our only moat, in terms of the catalog that runs in existing hardware and the ability to create new content. Sony is really The only other player that can compete with Game Pass and we have two years lead and 10 million subscribers.” — Matt Botti, President, Xbox Game Studios, in a 2019 email

For its part, Microsoft has argued that email is outdated and that it never pursued such a strategy. Microsoft’s general manager of public relations, David Cody, told The Verge:This email is three and a half years old and predates the acquisition announcement by 25 months. It indicates industry trends that we have never followed and has nothing to do with acquisition.“

This email is part of a larger conversation between Matt Botti and other Microsoft divisions and executives, whose names have been withheld. It was also revealed that Microsoft was considering leaving the first-party title simultaneous release model on Xbox Game Pass.

Something differs with booty: “If we reverse course on co-launch, it will be difficult to convince people that things like Mixer or xCloud also have a good chance of staying in the spotlight.”.

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