MADRID, March 20 (Portaltik/EP) –

Microsoft is defending that Electronic Arts (EA) and Ubisoft’s titles are more important to PlayStation than Activision Blizzard, in terms of video game sales, in an effort to show the Japanese company won’t lose as much. said whether the acquisition announced last year should be approved.

Microsoft’s review of the acquisition of Action Blizzard continues, which has led to the US company exposing its main competitor’s most important distributor to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

Microsoft’s intention is to make it clear that PlayStation is independent from Activision Blizzard, and according to the attached graphic, its main sales come from EA, Ubisoft, and Take-Two Interactive, according to what the special media has shared. emopress.

The illustration shows the relationship between publisher and distributor and the three major game platforms. In it, and by volume of game sales, PlayStation comes in first place, accounting for almost half of the graphics shared by Xbox, followed by Nintendo and Microsoft’s games division.

Activision Blizzard emerges in fifth -if the more genetic ‘Other’ option isn’t factored in- essential for the PlayStation -albeit with a similar broad line to Bandai Namco-, behind the Japanese company’s own game.

In the case of the Xbox, and in terms of its graphic distribution, Activision Blizzard is important -albeit somewhat more important to Sony- and, while somewhat inferior, not much different from the games it sells from Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and Take -Two. While self-developed games are the most important for Nintendo’s gaming platform.