Sony CEO says Xbox Game Pass is not competition for PlayStation.

Sony Interactive Enterainment CEO, Jim Ryan, has stated that he does not believe that Microsoft's cloud service for Xbox, Game Pass, is a competition for the console it develops, PlayStation.

According to statements from people close to the company, as collected by Insider Gaming, the executive believes that the figures of the subscription platform of its main competitor "are increasingly lower".

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“When we consider Game Pass, we have sold more PlayStation 5 (PS5) in two years than they have gathered subscribers and they have been doing it for six or seven years,” commented the CEO of the Japanese company, according to these people related to the company.

Thus, the CEO of Sony Interactive has wanted to demonstrate that the success of the console it develops cannot be compared to the payment and video game platform in the Xbox Game Pass cloud.

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These statements contradict everything that has happened since the Xbox manufacturer announced its intention to buy Activision Blizzard, developer of successful franchises such as Call of Duty.

This has become the main concern of the Japanese manufacturer, accusing Microsoft of promoting possible unfair competition if the acquisition of the video game publisher is finally formalized.

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Ryan's statements come days after the technology giant and Activision Blizzard defended that this acquisition would not undermine competition, after the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a formal lawsuit to block the transaction, valued at $69 billion (€65.756 billion).