Following a bombshell Wall Street Journal report that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick allegedly knew, withheld, and even participated in harassment and abusive conduct, the corporate’s huge console companions Sony and Microsoft are semi-privately expressing their misery. Bloomberg is now reporting that Microsoft boss Phil Spencer instructed employees he was “disturbed and deeply troubled by the horrific events and actions” at Activision Blizzard and is “evaluating all aspects of our relationship with Activision Blizzard and making ongoing proactive adjustments” consequently.

Yesterday, Bloomberg additionally reported that Sony PlayStation boss Jim Ryan had instructed workers that the corporate had expressed “deep concern” with Activision Blizzard, including that “[we] do not believe their statements of response properly address the situation.”

These non-public statements from Sony and Microsoft clearly don’t carry anyplace close to the identical weight as if these corporations publicly referred to as out the state of affairs at Activision Blizzard, and it’s not clear if both firm is taken with taking any concrete actions but. Activision Blizzard is without doubt one of the strongest publishers within the online game trade, and each console makers depend on them to supply new big-budget video games for his or her consoles.

That stated, Microsoft and Sony additionally wish to be seen as dedicated to a much less poisonous online game trade, and Phil Spencer particularly has made combating toxicity a part of his public model. “This type of behavior has no place in our industry,” reads a part of Spencer’s new memo about Activision Blizzard, in response to Bloomberg.

While over 500 Activision Blizzard workers have signed a petition to take away CEO Bobby Kotick from the corporate, and a few shareholders have demanded his resignation, the board of administrators has thus far signaled they’re assured in his management.

[Disclosure: Casey Wasserman is on the board of directors for Activision Blizzard as well as the board of directors of Vox Media, Polygon’s parent company.]

Microsoft didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark; it didn’t reply to The Verge’s request for remark yesterday about whether or not it had any assertion or would take any motion in the direction of Activision Blizzard, both.