Microsoft claims that Sony has agreements with third-party publishers that “In addition to having exclusive content, Sony has also entered into arrangements with third-party publishers which require the ‘exclusion’ of Xbox from the set of platforms these publishers can distribute their games on. Some prominent examples of these agreements include Final Fantasy 7 Remake (Square Enix), Bloodborne (From Software), the upcoming Final Fantasy 16 (Square Enix), and the recently announced Silent Hill 2 remastered (Bloober Team).”
Nintendo has generally kept mute throughout this entire situation. Still, Microsoft said that both Sony and Nintendo have a tonne of unique first-party assets that they refuse to share with Xbox. Sony is “driving all the debate on why this merger shouldn’t go through,” according to Xbox CEO Phil Spencer.
