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In the latest war of words over its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s Gaming CEO has claimed that Sony’s plan for growth is to \u201cmake Xbox smaller.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phil Spencer made the comments during an interview with the Second Request podcast, where the exec claimed that Sony was the \u201cone major opposer to the [Microsoft Activision] deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSony is trying to protect its dominance on the console. The way they grow is by making Xbox smaller,\u201d Spencer said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Sony] has a very different view of the industry than we do. They don’t ship their games day and date on PC, they do not put their games into their subscription when they launch their games.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The ongoing battle over the deal that would see Microsoft take the reigns of the games industry’s largest third-party publisher has encountered significant pushback from both Sony and regulators on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

On Thursday the US regulator said it was attempting to block the $68.7 billion deal because it believed it would enable Microsoft to \u201csuppress competitors\u201d to its Xbox consoles and its subscription content and cloud gaming business.<\/p>\n

\u201cSony is leading the dialogue around why the deal shouldn’t go through to protect its dominant position on console, so the thing they grab onto is Call of Duty,\u201d Spencer told Second Request.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe largest console maker in the world raising an objection about the one franchise that we’ve said will continue to ship on the platform. It’s a deal that benefits customers through choice and access.\u201d<\/p>\n

Call of Duty, the monolithic shooter franchise that regularly tops the best-selling lists for console games could, theoretically, become exclusive to Microsoft platforms following this deal.<\/p>\n

However, since the announcement of Microsoft’s intention to acquire Activision Blizzard, the company has assured that it wouldn’t lock away the game for at least a decade.<\/p>\n

Much of the debate around Microsoft’s acquisition revolves around Call of Duty, which Sony claims will be withheld from it in some way.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last week Microsoft vice president Brad Smith provided more details in a Wall Street Journal editorial on the company’s offer to keep the Call of Duty franchise on PlayStation.<\/p>\n

Following this, Spencer took to Twitter to claim that Microsoft had committed to bringing the franchise back to Nintendo consoles after a decade-long absence. <\/p>\n

The last Call of Duty game released on a Nintendo system was the Wii U version of Call of Duty: Ghosts, which was released in 2013 and allowed players to use a Wii Remote to aim with motion controls.<\/p>\n

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In the latest war of words over its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s Gaming CEO has claimed that Sony’s plan for growth is to \u201cmake Xbox smaller.\u201d Phil Spencer made the comments during an interview with the Second Request podcast, where the exec claimed that Sony was the \u201cone major opposer to the [Microsoft …<\/p>\n

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