The fate of Microsoft’s bid to buy Activision — one of the first and oldest third-party publishers in console video gaming — now rests in the hands of a single person. Related The latest: Sony wouldn’t tell a Microsoft-owned Activision how to develop for the next PlayStation But emails and recorded testimony from Ryan, the president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, would seem to undercut that point. ” Microsoft and Activision representatives have made this a talking point over the past several months