News Summary

• Commercial pressures make it very likely that Sony will launch certain titles on Xbox.
• Microsoft’s shift to third-party publishing on rival platforms was pretty much guaranteed the second it signed the cheque to buy Activision Blizzard.
• For Sony, great third- party games on its platform are exactly what it wants – no matter who publishes them, or what console they first appeared on.
• There was a minor convulsion of shock and betrayal this week when a new Sony job listing was shared over social media.