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

CTOnews.com September 25 news, according to foreign media Insider Gaming reported that with the FTC v. Microsoft acquisition new documents released, Sony SIE President and CEO Jim Ryan previously claimed in the court Q & A session, his PlayStation Plus subscription service than Microsoft Xbox Game Pass"more meaningful."

CTOnews.com previously reported that Jim Ryan was actually not optimistic about Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service, which he had criticized many times before.

In this round of FTC court, Jim Ryan said that he believed Microsoft had tried to provide a minimum revenue guarantee to publishers when introducing 3A games with budgets of up to $100 million (CTOnews.com note: currently about 730 million yuan) into Xbox Game Pass, but this practice did not have obvious effect, and publishers did not pay more attention to Microsoft, thus "only leading to Microsoft's large-scale acquisition to acquire 3A games."

Inside GamingJim Ryan reiterated that he had spoken to all publishers about Xbox Game Pass, but that none liked Game Pass because it "destroyed not only the value of individual games, but also the entire gaming industry."

Jim Ryan also revealed that Microsoft announced 25 million Xbox Game Pass subscribers in January 2023, but PlayStation Plus currently has nearly 50 million subscribers, so PlayStation subscription service has more practical significance.

Finally, Jim Ryan compared Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard to Sony's $3.6 billion acquisition of Bungie, which he believes will bring far more value to PlayStation than Activision Blizzard, so he continues to be negative about Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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