Satya Nadella was gave evidence on Wednesday during Microsoft’s court case against the US Federal Trade Commission, which is seeking to block the Xbox maker’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Nadella said that during his nine and a half years in charge of Microsoft, it has been his philosophy to make software available on as many platforms as possible.
“I grew up in a company that always believed that software should run in as many platforms as possible, and that’s just the Microsoft I grew up in, I believe in that,” he said.
Asked if he’s aware that Xbox has some games that that are exclusive to its consoles, Nadella claimed this is necessary for Microsoft to compete in a playing field dictated by its more dominant rival Sony.
“If it was up to me, I would love to get rid of the entire, sort of, exclusives on consoles, but that’s not for me to define, especially as a low share player in the console market that the dominant player there has defined market competition using exclusives and so, that’s the world we live in.”
He added: “I have no love for that world.”
Sony has suggested Microsoft could withhold Call of Duty games from PlayStation consoles or release inferior versions for rival systems should it acquire Activision, claims the Xbox maker has rejected.
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