The coals for the fire are still piling up. In the latest update and talk about the Activision Blizzard X Microsoft proposed acquisition, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said that Sony’s plan for growth is to “make Xbox smaller”.

During a Second Request podcast session, Phil Spencer claims Sony was the “one major opposer” to the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal. After all, it seems that Sony and PlayStation are the ones bringing up counter-arguments to the US Federal Trade Commission and other parties across the world to stop the deal from happening.

“Sony is trying to protect its dominance on the console. The way they grow is by making Xbox smaller. [Sony] has a very different view of the industry than we do. They don’t ship their games day and date on PC, they do not put their games into their subscription when they launch their games.

Sony is leading the dialogue around why the deal shouldn’t go through to protect its dominant position on console, so the thing they grab onto is Call of Duty. The largest console maker in the world raising an objection about the one franchise that we’ve said will continue to ship on the platform. It’s a deal that benefits customers through choice and access.”