Microsoft‘s recent acquisition of Activision-Blizzard has caused a lot of uncertainty in the gaming industry. The software giant is doing everything it can to gain support for the acquisition, including making a guarantee to rivals that it will continue to offer Call of Duty on their platforms after the merger.
This move is aimed at assuring players that they will still be able to play their favorite game on their platform of choice, regardless of who owns the parent company. NVIDIA has already confirmed that it will be offering Call of Duty on its GeForce Now streaming service for the next 10 years. This move is a clear indication that the concessions offered by Microsoft is being taken seriously by its competitors.
However, not all rivals are happy with this arrangement. Some are claiming that Microsoft should divest itself from Call of Duty completely, as the game has a massive following and is considered a major cash cow for Activision Blizzard. This would mean that Microsoft would have to give up rights to the game, which would be a significant blow to its gaming portfolio.
Microsoft, on the other hand, seems to be standing firm on its decision to hold onto Call of Duty. The company has stated that it will in no way deprive itself from the Call of Duty franchise. This is understandable as the game has a massive following and is considered to be one of the most popular game franchises in the world.
Microsoft rejects the idea that it could sell a part of the business, such as Call of Duty, to get the deal approved
— Roberto Serrano'
Sony remains opposed to Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, despite the two companies meeting in Brussels today
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Losing the rights to the game would mean losing a significant chunk of revenue for the company. While we saw earlier that the COD franchise didn’t hold much value to Microsoft, however yesterday, after meeting with EU regulators, Smith made it clear to reporters that the company has no plans to sell off its stake in Call of Duty or the studios responsible for making the games.
We just don’t see a viable path to sell the Activision studio[s] or Call of Duty game to someone else. So if you’re the CMA in the UK, I think you’re probably going to want to make a decision. Do you want to kill a deal and cement Sony’s position in its 80 percent share in the EU, or say 70 percent share globally, in a market where it’s been a super dominant company for 20 years?
Or do you want to let the future go forward with behavioral guardrails and remedies, and bring this title to 150 million more people? I think that’s the fundamental choice that most regulators are going to need to address around the world.”
Brad Smith via Eurogamer
Leak Suggests Call of Duty 2024 Could be Coming to Last-Gen Consoles
The Activision data breach of December 4, 2022 contained documents that hinted at the possibility of a backwards-compatible version of Call of Duty 2024, codenamed Cerberus. Earlier rumors about the Call of Duty franchise told us that this year’s upcoming Call of Duty would most probably mark the end of the series’ support for older console generations.
The data breach that was tweeted publicly has been updated. This shows that a version of Call of Duty 2024 for older consoles was planned at one point, but the references found may be outdated.
It’s worth noting that the details surrounding the release of Call of Duty 2024 on past generation consoles are still somewhat unclear, and while this is all that we know for now, we will make sure to keep you updated as new information becomes available.
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