Nail executive of Activision Blizzard made fun of sony with a even because of his well-known opposition to the impending acquisition of said company by Microsoft.
One of the biggest video game news of 2022 was the startling announcement that Microsoft intends to acquire Activision Blizzard, a move that would add big-name franchises like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft to the Xbox brand. .
The deal would cost Microsoft $68.7 billion and could quite possibly be the biggest trade deal in industry history, if the regulations pass.
Although the acquisition has already won the approval of many industry regulators, there is still a lot of controversy surrounding the deal. Amid the usual fears that Xbox will become too powerful with another big game acquisition, longtime console competitor Sony has openly opposed it, fearing that Xbox could gain exclusive access to the ever-lucrative Call of Duty franchise. Duty.
Microsoft has since assured Sony that this will not be the case, and even announced that it will provide access to all new Call of Duty releases for the next 10 years.
Despite this, figures such as Sony CEO Jim Ryan continued to express concern that Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard could spell the end of Call of Duty on PlayStation, leading to many jokes at Sony’s expense in recent months.
Even Activision Blizzard’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and COO Lulu Cheng Meservey joined in, posting a meme mocking Sony’s opposition to the acquisition.
This meme depicts Sony as a child sabotaging its access to Call of Duty by refusing to accept previous offers from Microsoft, but still blaming Microsoft.