


I’ve spent a fair bit of time with both Phil and Bobby over the past day.

“It’s not an Xbox exclusivity play at all,” Ryan wrote in the email, “they’re thinking bigger than that, and they have the cash to make moves like this. The email, viewed by IGN reporter Rebekah Valentine in court today and dated Janutwo days after Microsoft announced its intent to purchase Activision Blizzard - reveals Ryan’s relaxed attitude to the deal at that time, and counters Sony’s public-facing concern about the future of Call of Duty on PlayStation that emerged in the year-and-a-half that followed. The revelation came as part of the ongoing hearing in which lawyers representing Microsoft and the United States' Federal Trade Commission are fighting for the future of the proposed $69 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard.
