{"id":237073,"date":"2023-06-27T09:35:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=295314"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:49:57","slug":"microsoft-admits-before-a-judge-that-its-plan-was-to-destroy-sony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/microsoft-admits-before-a-judge-that-its-plan-was-to-destroy-sony\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Revelations: Microsoft&#8217;s Confession of Plotting Sony&#8217;s Demise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For about half a decade, the two major companies in the gaming industry have been portraying themselves publicly as courteous and sportsmanlike entities. They have been exchanging congratulations for achievements and giving each other pats on the back on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Xbox Game Pass\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8b773de5-0b20-429f-a535-c159557192df\/2791990695\/xbox-game-pass-Xbox%20Game%20Pass%20for%20PC-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Xbox Game Pass<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/god-of-war-ragnarok.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">If Sony released a great PlayStation exclusive<\/a>, the Xbox team would congratulate them on Twitter. And if it was Microsoft who released a great exclusive, Sony would do the same. But\u2026 are they really friendly companies? Far from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This is a business, and as such, companies want to make as much money as possible<\/strong>. If they have to step on the competition, they will. The goal is to fill their coffers and secure their positions. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-is-the-fight-of-microsoft-in-the-united-states-to-buy-activision-target-on-july-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The lawsuit over Microsoft&#8217;s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard<\/a> has exposed their true intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Day 2 of The FTC vs Microsoft Trial Was Huge for Xbox\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ewfKoX0kXHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Buying studios to choke Sony<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xbox Game Studios&#8217; head at Microsoft, <strong>Matt Booty, was encouraging Xbox&#8217;s Chief Financial Officer, Tim Stuart, to spend a significant amount of money on game acquisitions in 2019<\/strong> to prepare the company for a battle against Sony in subscription services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The revelation comes from an email thread that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/purchase-activision-microsoft-is-temporarily-restricted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is part of the FTC hearing against Microsoft<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We (Microsoft) are in a unique position to spend Sony out of the business,&#8221; Booty said in a December 2019 email, referring to spending up to $3 billion in 2020 to prevent competitors from gaining an advantage in content acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ah&#8230;<br><br>Xbox&#39;s Matt Booty in 2019: &quot;we (Microsoft) are in a very unique position to be able to go spend Sony out of business&quot;<br><br>Said it might seem worth it 10 years hence to have lost $2-3B to stop Sony, others from becoming Disney of games<br><br>MS\/Booty now say that was old strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eobfXOUrvX\">https:\/\/t.co\/eobfXOUrvX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b1eAZjcFZ3\">pic.twitter.com\/b1eAZjcFZ3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephentotilo\/status\/1673453703989174272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Pass as a strategy to kill Sony: content is king<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s virtually impossible for anyone to start a new video streaming service at scale right now,&#8221; Booty said, referring to competitors like Google, Amazon, and Sony. <strong>Booty described content as a moat and stated that only Sony could truly compete with Xbox Game Pass<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In gaming, Google is at least three to four years away from having a functioning studio. Amazon has not demonstrated the ability to execute game content. Content is the only card we have, in terms of a catalog that works on current devices and the ability to create new ones. Sony is the only one that could compete with Game Pass, and we have a two-year and 10 million subscriber advantage,&#8221; Booty added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Microsoft argues that the email is old and that they never pursued such a strategy anyway<\/strong>. &#8220;This email is three and a half years old and is 25 months prior to the announcement of our acquisition of Activision-Blizzard,&#8221; said David Cuddy, General Manager of Public Affairs at Microsoft, in a statement sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/6\/26\/23774547\/microsoft-sony-xbox-internal-emails-ftc-out-of-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The email is part of a thread discussing the<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox Game Pass business<\/a>. 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