PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has said that Sony would no longer be able to share details of its upcoming console hardware …
PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has said that Sony would no longer be able to share details of its upcoming console hardware with Call of Duty maker Activision, if Microsoft's proposed $68.7bn buyout was approved by regulators.
Ryan's comments date from April this year, when the FTC questioned the PlayStation CEO on statements submitted by Sony designed to give its perspective on the deal. Chief among those is the worry by Sony that its game development processes would be interrupted as it"could no longer share confidential details about its next console in development".
From what is publicly available, we can see Ryan suggest Microsoft would have less of an incentive to develop PlayStation-specific features for Activision games, post-buyout.
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