In defense of its pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft has cited Sony's "rema🃏rkably s🎉teady" console market share, with Japan showing an especially brutal gap between PlayStation and Xbox. 

Speaking at a press conference which GamesRadar+ attended, Microsoft vice chairman Brad Smith addressed 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:concerns from Sony 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:and regulators that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox's Activision deal is anti-competitive.

"Think about the market in Europe. It is a market where Sony has an 80% share and Xbox has a 20% 🃏share. Globally, it is about 70/30. In Japan, it is 96/4," Smith said. "These numbers have been remarkably steady for two decades. Even last year, when there were issues with Sony's supply chain, they came back strong."

"By our calculatio✱n, on a global basis, Sony outsold Microsoft in the fourth quarter by a margin of 69 to 31, [which is] pretty much consis𒁃tent with the global market shares we've seen for 20 years."

Smith went on to argue th🌌🧜at Sony is fighting to block the Xbox Activision merger in order to protect its leading position in the market.

"We understand in some ways it can be tempting when you have an 80% share [to hope you can] hold on as long as possible ... I don't think that's what regulators are in the business of doing," said Smith. "They're not here to prot🌞ect super dominant companies."

Microsoft also announced today that it's bringi♐ng Call of Duty to 150 million new players thanks to deals with Nintendo and Nvidia. We've yet to hear the latest𓆉 in the company's negotiations with i𝐆ts primary competitor, Sony.

Whether the deal ultimately goes through and Activision officially becomes part of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Game Studios is still anyone's guess.