Back, the console wars are.
Photograph of a man, Phil Spencer, standing in front of the Xbox logo

Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer says that PlayStation wants to "protect their dominance on console." He continues on to say, "the way they grow is by making Xbox smaller." These statements by Spencer were said on the Second Request podcast.

Spencer says that Sony just wants to retain its console dominance by opposing Xbox's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. His full statement can be seen here.

"There’s really only been one major opposer to the deal and it's Sony, and Sony’s trying to protect their dominance on console, and the way they grow is by making Xbox smaller.

"They have a very different view of the industry than we do. They don’t ship their games day and date on PC, [and] they don’t put their games in the subscription when they launch their games."​
Spencer continues on to once again reiterate that the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is being done to help bolster Xbox's presence in mobile markets. Companies and organizations such as Sony and the Federal Trade Commission believe that this acquisition is being done in order to pull games away from PlayStation and other consoles.

"But because Sony’s leading all of the dialogue around why this deal shouldn’t go through to protect their dominant position in console, the thing that they grab onto is Call of Duty, and we’ve said over and over that we’ll make a multi-year, 10-year commitment to PlayStation."
Just a week ago, Phil Spencer said that Microsoft is committed to bringing Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms for at least the next ten years, assuming the acquisition goes through. At the same time, Spencer also said that Xbox is committed to bringing those games to PC via Steam.