Sony has responded to a recent report revealing the lengths Microsoft goes to in ensuring its platform gets first dibs or at least has the same amount of content as competing platforms, and it wasn’t too kind in doing so.
Last week, European Xbox boss Chris Lewis spoke with Eurogamer about a number of policies Microsoft has regarding third-party content. Microsoft’s Content Submission and Release Policy, which Eurogamer got its hands on, requires a number of things, such as a demand that publishers release multiplatform games on Xbox 360 at the same time as on other platforms. The 360 version must also have at least as much content on the disc as on other platforms. And if they don’t comply?
“If these conditions are not met, Microsoft reserves the right to not allow the content to be released on Xbox 360,” the document notes.
