Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick accused Sony of “trying to sabotage” Microsoft’s acquisition of the company and claimed that PlayStation boss Jim Ryan stopped talking to both.
In recent days, the executive made several statements to the press about the acquisition valued at 68.7 billion (BRL 378.5 billion)the largest in the technology industry to date.
Recently, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gave its initial opinion on Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard citing that the deal would reduce competition and result in higher prices, less choice and innovation for UK gamers.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Kotick said he was concerned about regulators being dominated by “ideologues” and accused the CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment and other executives of not returning calls from Activision and Microsoft about the deal.
According to him, Sony suddenly stopped talking to Microsoft and accused the Japanese company of trying to sabotage the deal. Kotick completed and said that the idea of ​​Activision or Microsoft not supporting the PlayStation is absurd.
The Financial Times asked Sony to comment on the allegations. She said she is in contact with Microsoft and has nothing further to say about private talks.
Last month, Microsoft accused Sony of misleading the European Union over its agreement to keep Call of Duty on the PlayStation for years.
