2019, just a year before Xbox would launch the next generation Xbox Series X and S and Sony would launch the PlayStation 5. The FTC did not immediately respond to request for comment. It refers to industry trends we never pursued and is unrelated to the acquisition." Booty took shots at Google and Amazon, saying that Google was 3 to 4 years off from having a game studio up and running, and that “Amazon has shown no ability to execute on game content.” Even streaming services were not left unscathed from Booty’s commentary, as he noted that Hulu and CBS All Access “will be trivial players in the space” due to their content lagging behind Disney’s offerings.ĭavid Cuddy, a Microsoft spokesperson, responded to comment, "This email is three and a half years old and predates the announcement of our acquisition by 25 months.
The email is a frank discussion of Xbox’s competition and business challenges.
“Content is the one moat that we have,” Booty wrote in response to emails that were redacted from public view on a chain whose subject matter was GP ARPU, presumably standing for Game Pass Average Revenue Per Unit. In an email to Xbox’s chief financial officer Tim Stuart, Booty said, “We (Microsoft) are in a very unique position to be able to go spend Sony out of business.”īooty said that in ten years, the company would look back and say, it would have been worth spending $2 or $3 billion in 2020 to stay ahead of the competition.
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