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CTOnews.com, June 29 (Xinhua)-- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says he "wants to eliminate" console monopoly games if he can.

On Wednesday, Nadella testified in Microsoft's court lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission, which is seeking to block the Xbox maker from buying Activision Blizzard for $69 billion.

Nadella said that during his nine and a half years at the helm of Microsoft, he had adhered to the idea of making software run on as many platforms as possible. "I grew up in a company that always believed that software should be able to run on as many platforms as possible, and this is the Microsoft I am familiar with, and I believe that," he said.

When asked if he knew there were games that could only be played on his Xbox console, Nadella claimed that this was what Microsoft had to do to survive in a competitive environment dominated by its more aggressive competitor Sony. " If it were up to me to decide, I would like to eliminate the monopoly of the entire console game, but this is not defined by me, especially as a player with a low share of the console market, the leading player has defined the use of exclusive games for market competition, so this is the world we live in. " He added: "I have no love for the world."

CTOnews.com has previously reported that Sony has hinted that if Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard, the company may remove the call of Duty series from the PlayStation console. But Nadella denied the idea, telling the court that he was a Candy Crush and call of Duty player. After announcing plans to buy Activision Blizzard in January 2022, he called Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida to explain Microsoft's plan. "I want Mr. Yoshida to know very, very clearly that there should be no ambiguity in our support for Sony platform in the future." And with the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, our relationship, if anything, should help us strengthen our commitment to their platform. "

Finally, when Nadella was asked if he would promise to continue to release call of Duty on PlayStation, he replied: "one hundred percent."

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