We’re not fully sure we understand the insinuation here. Is it arguing that Sony bought Neon Koi then closed the company to reduce competition? Honestly, we don’t think whoever wrote this thought it through.
Nevertheless, that’s not going to stop the CWA from raising its concerns to regulators: “CWA plans to raise the anti-competitive impacts of Sony’s increasing monopoly and monopsony power with the appropriate antitrust regulators, policymakers, and stakeholders.”
PS5, of course, isn’t anywhere close to being a monopoly. While it’s a successful product, it faces stiff competition from Nintendo, PC, and, to a lesser but not ignorable extent, Xbox. It’s also challenged by all other forms of entertainment, such as Netflix et al.
Ironically, the CWA supported Microsoft’s massive acquisition of Activision Blizzard, on the basis of a labour neutrality agreement. This, unfortunately, didn’t prevent the thousands of layoffs which have occurred within the division since the near-$70 billion deal closed.
[source gamedeveloper.com]
