Gearbox Software CEO Says Microsoft and Sony Have Never Been Competitors, In His Mind
Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford is fairly active on Twitter, oftentimes sharing Borderlands 3 SHIFT codes along with his opinions on industry happenings. Recently, Pitchford tweeted about the relationship between Sony and Microsoft in the wake of the latter's massive acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying that, in his mind, the two console giants «have never been competitors.»
Pitchford's comment has some people scratching their heads, as Microsoft and Sony have clearly been competing with each other ever since the original Xbox was released to go head-to-head with the PlayStation 2 decades ago. While the companies have occasionally been friendly, the «console wars» have seen both Microsoft and Sony secure third-party console exclusives in an attempt to drive sales away from competing platforms, and they have also taken potshots at each other for controversial decisions. For example, Sony once released a video mocking the Xbox One's original used games policy, while Xbox fired back at Sony for how complicated it is to upgrade the PS5's storage compared to the Xbox Series X.
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The Gearbox Software CEO explained his stance in a series of tweets, characterizing Sony as a consumer electronics company and Microsoft as a software company, and that Sony should eventually «be happy» with Microsoft software running on PlayStation hardware. «Sony's like, 'They better not pull Call of Duty from our platform!' Microsoft's like, 'Bro — having our games on your platform is what we've been trying to do all along. I guess spending $2.5b on Minecraft wasn't enough to convince you?'» This is in reference to Microsoft acquiring Mojang years ago yet
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