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Spencer on Sony relationships.

Xbox chief Phil Spencer says he had a call with Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida shortly after announcing Microsoft’s Activision deal. “I got positive affirmations from Yoshida-san,” says Spencer. He also had a “slightly longer” call with PlayStation chief Jim Ryan but the outcome was similar:

“He understood our rationale behind the deal. I think the email exchange showed he understood this was not about PlayStation.”

We heard about that email yesterday.

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