Until regulators approve Microsoft’s purchase of Activision, talk and debate about the future of Call of Duty will continue. Now it seems like Microsoft has had enough of the topic and they have now come out with a strong statement about what they plan to do with said franchise. Provided, of course, that the acquisition will be approved in the next few months.
In an interview with Wall Street Magazine what recovered Tom Warren (The Verge), Xbox CEO Phil Spencer said that Call of Duty will remain on PlayStation consoles for one simple reason. His idea involves the management of popular First person shooter just like they do with mine craft. That is, leave it available on all platforms. Not only the main title, but also spin-offs such as Minecraft: Dungeons D Minecraft legends.
In fact, Phil Spencer said that his desire is not only to save Call of Duty on those platforms where it is currently present, but it is better to switch to others. In particular, on Switch. It is well known that many gamers on hybrid consoles want to enjoy Call of Duty, but Activision showed no interest in making it a reality. However, under the Microsoft umbrella, this will change. It is clear that those led by Spencer and Satya Nadella they want to conquer mobile devices at any cost:
“Call of Duty, in particular, will be available on the PlayStation. I would like to see it on Switch, I would like to see the game on different screens. Our goal is to treat Call of Duty which mine craft. This opportunity is really about mobile devices. When you think of 3 billion people playing video games, there are only about 200 million on consoles.”
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Sony is unlikely to be satisfied with this promise
Is this statement enough to reassure Sony? Not at all. The Japanese company is not only concerned about possible exclusivity Call of Duty with Xbox and PC; same way Availability on Xbox Game Pass. Naturally, such a move could alienate the gaming community from Game consolebecause on a competing platform, they would only need to pay a monthly amount to get access to any new release of the franchise.
Therefore, Sony is unlikely to satisfy the statement of Phil Spencer. Now the big question is: can Microsoft convince regulators with its stance? Let’s see. What is a fact is that organizations from different regions, mainly from Europe, they were very strict when analyzing a purchase offer.
In recent weeks, the European Union has sent out a questionnaire to video game developers and distributors to find out how buying Activision could hurt them. The UK CMA, for its part, even wants to hear from the players. At the risk, of course, of collecting biased comments.
Source: Hiper Textual
