Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen OC_Formula for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, November 27-Sony has previously submitted some complaints to regulators about Microsoft's Activision Blizzard merger plan, and Sony's complaint documents have been made public with the second phase of the CMA investigation into the deal, revealing some of the details that the company has been saying to the regulator behind the scenes.

The document is several pages long, and Sony makes a lot of interesting arguments, one of which is that Sony says that if Microsoft gains too much market power, they can start raising the price of the Xbox.

"Microsoft will be able to: increase the price of Xbox consoles and games (including those who switch from PlayStation), increase the price of Game Pass, reduce innovation and reduce product quality," Sony said. "

If Microsoft leads the market, they may indeed raise the price of services such as Game Pass and the price of Xbox hosts. But ironically, Sony itself used its market position in the PS4 generation to raise consumer prices for games and consoles of this generation. The price of PS5 was £450 when it was launched, but has since risen to £500. In addition, Sony promoted 70 pounds as the new "standard" price for new games, which was quickly accepted by other publishers, making the overall game market more expensive.

IT hosts learned that Sony also said in the document that Microsoft's strategy is to crowd out Sony and reduce the PlayStation brand to "Nintendo status", which means that PlayStation will not become an one-stop shop for all the best-selling shooter games. Xbox will replace it, which will shake users' decision on which console to buy.

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