As the Activision-Blizzard case draws to a close, decision makers are putting pressure on Sony to fulfill its responsibilities.
The FTC’s administrative law judge is pressing Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) to hand over sensitive documents that could affect the court process. The company, which announced that it would give the documents before, requested additional time for the collection and arrangement of the documents, but could not deliver within the expected time.
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According to Sony’s defense, there is not enough time to collect the requested documents. He also states that the preparation of all of them will bring a financial burden of 2 million dollars to the company.
It was previously required to submit data dating back to 2012, including many metrics and performance values, as well as contractual agreements with third-party publishers. However, at Sony’s request, the judge agreed to prepare this information from 2019.
Although the case has become quite complicated (at least, I can say that it is not possible for us to interpret it fully with our legal information), the judge’s rejection of many requests requested by SIE shows that the outcome of the counterclaim filed by the firm did not go very well.
It is also required to provide information about the exclusivity agreements Sony has with third-party publishers. While we are unable to access this information, Microsoft will use Sony’s lucrative PlayStation exclusivity agreements against SIE in litigation.
This brings the situation to the following point, of course: Sony’s claim that “Call of Duty games are exclusive to Xbox” actually contradicts the logic of “PS Special games” made by the company before. This brings us to another conclusion, which is Sony’s reason for bringing exclusive games to the PC.