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Microsoft has promised to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for three years beyond the current agreement between Activision and Sony, says PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan.

"I hadn't intended to comment on what I understood to be a private business discussion, but I feel the need to set the record straight because Phil Spencer brought this into the public forum," Ryan stated.

I've never seen anything quite like this.

I don't usually share comments like this, but I thought this was funny.

Era comment (https://www.resetera.com/threads/gi-biz-playstation-xboxs-call-of-duty-offer-was-inadequate-on-many-levels.629191/page-5#post-92816788)

typically, how these disputes go is playstation gets call of duty on the weekends

So basically me and kitler have been right. Their wording in PR was battleship and they will take it off playstation.

So basically me and kitler have been right. Their wording in PR was battleship and they will take it off playstation.

And practically everything else is definitely coming off playstation.

It's irritating how many people view Sony as being anti-consumer and MS as being pro-consumer.

So basically me and kitler have been right. Their wording in PR was battleship and they will take it off playstation.

I never tire of being told I'm right. xD

It's irritating how many people view Sony as being anti-consumer and MS as being pro-consumer.

The era thread is just a bunch of xbox fan boys spouting immature comments at Jim. Its the worst thread I ever seen.

The era thread is just a bunch of xbox fan boys spouting immature comments at Jim. Its the worst thread I ever seen.

yep.  it's amazing how uneven the moderation is on era.  

yep.  it's amazing how uneven the moderation is on era.  

I got banned for questioning why Phil Spencer should win a life time achievement award. Go look at the comments that are directed at Jim in that thread. Just wow

I don't know if it necessarily means that MS will take CoD off PlayStation.

But they can hold it over Sony's head.

I got banned for questioning why Phil Spencer should win a life time achievement award. Go look at the comments that are directed at Jim in that thread. Just wow

He works so hard to suck up to Nadella, to make Xbox good. *smh*

MS will so take CoD off of playstation at the start of next gen if they are allowed to acquire activision.  they only reason they won't pull the plug day-1 is they don't want to make CoD fans mad.  they'll give them a long runway to know that you have to buy a MS platform if you want to play CoD.

MS has soooo many instances of running a product unprofitable to put the competition out of business and gain a monopoly.   it's their thing.  it's what they do. 

MS will so take CoD off of playstation at the start of next gen if they are allowed to acquire activision.  they only reason they won't pull the plug day-1 is they don't want to make CoD fans mad.  they'll give them a long runway to know that you have to buy a MS platform if you want to play CoD.

MS has soooo many instances of running a product unprofitable to put the competition out of business and gain a monopoly.   it's their thing.  it's what they do.

I think they will stop releasing CoD a year or two before their next gen console releases.

@bolded. Its literally what they do and its so dang hurtful to consumers. Every sony/Nintendo fan has been dreading that MS will start doing this since they entered the console market.

I think they will stop releasing CoD a year or two before their next gen console releases.

@bolded. Its literally what they do and its so dang hurtful to consumers. Every sony/Nintendo fan has been dreading that MS will start doing this since they entered the console market.

i think CoD stays on ps5 until the next gen hardware formally arrives.   i think when MS announces their next gen hardware (at least 1 year prior to release) they also announce CoD next gen-exclusivity so everyone knows they have to buy xbox in order to buy CoD once the new hardware drops.  

i could even see a "last gen" support while skipping next gen playstation releases like MS did with psychonauts 2 to better support late to upgrade CoD fans to their eventual (forced) migration to xbox.

https://www.pcgamer.com/electronic-arts-ceo-kinda-hopes-call-of-duty-will-become-an-xbox-exclusive/

"In a world where there may be questions over the future of Call of Duty and what platforms that might be on or might not be on, being platform agnostic and completely cross-platform with Battlefield, I think is a tremendous opportunity,"

i lol'd.

Microsoft CEO Nadella says the company is confident it can get the Activision deal approved as rival Sony has also expanded. "If this is about competition, let us have competition" https://t.co/kytYnu74ac

— Bloomberg (@business) September 22, 2022

Microsoft is either the No. 4 or No. 5 competitor in the video game industry, depending on how you count, he said. And the No. 1 player, Sony Group Corp., has made several recent acquisitions. "So if this is about competition, let us have competition," Nadella said.

Seems like he is including Apple/Google in this list of competitors.

I don't think Sony is the number 1 by any such measure though. I am pretty sure Tencent has been #1 as of the past year or two.

Also insane that he's equating Sony's recent acquisitions as being anything remotely on the scale of Activision.

Also insane that he's equating Sony's recent acquisitions as being anything remotely on the scale of Activision.

If Nadella and Spencer had honest takes I'd support them. Industry consolidation sucks but it is what it is.

The lying and mobilization of their fanbase however is one of the most toxic elements of the industry. I hope it backfires on them.

"i heard sony wants to have some competition.   wtf,.. why you no let me bring this gun to our baseball game?"  ~MS

Also insane that he's equating Sony's recent acquisitions as being anything remotely on the scale of Activision.

...and bethesda.    ...which came after those 5-10 or so individual studios.

I hope it backfires on them.

You know it won't. Gamepass has the hearts of millions of gamers.

Well the key difference in this case is that the top 10 video game industry acquisitions of all time (excl. MS x Activision) adds up to less than the value of this deal.

And that include Microsoft's acquisition of Zenimax and Mojang + Activision's acquisition of King in that

— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) September 22, 2022

Some fun facts:

The cost of Activision = $68,700,000,000
The cost of the top 16 acquisitions (excluding Activision) = $59,970,000,000

Two of these other acquisitions are also by Microsoft (Zenimax at $8,100,000,000 and Mojang at $2,500,000,000) Overall their 3 biggest acquisitions come out to $79.3 billion.

Sony meanwhile, their 3 biggest acquisitions (Bungie, Gaikai, Insomniac Games) comes out to $4.2 billion.

Microsoft has spent almost 20x as much as Sony had on gaming acquisitions.

great tweet zhuge!

'we have one goal'
*lists two things*

then announce starfield for ps5 mother fudge maker.  commit that EVERY ms release will be on playstation if i'm to believe you want gamers to have choice in platform soo much.  

what's that?  no?

...yeah, didn't think so.