According to a report from tech site The Verge, the email in question was part of the evidence presented in the Federal Trade Commission’s case against Microsoft. In the email, sent by Booty in 2019 to Xbox CFO Tim Stuart, Booty urges increased spending on the Xbox brand to outpace Sony in the console wars. Booty claims that Microsoft has the opportunity to “spend Sony out of business.” However, Microsoft argues that the email represents a business strategy that was never implemented. David Cuddy, Microsoft’s general manager of public affairs, stated that the email is over three years old and was sent long before the announcement of the acquisition. Microsoft maintains that the email refers to industry trends that were never pursued and is unrelated to the Activision Blizzard acquisition.
