New VIP+ Analysis: Microsoft wants to instill relief over its dealings, but the business of gaming just isn’t about consoles anymore.
Savage Game Studios for an undisclosed sum in 2022 and folded it into a newly created mobile division, though the live-service action game it is working on hasn’t been announced yet.
for $3.7 billion in 2022. With the matter of exclusivity being the FTC’s principal concern alongside Microsoft’s prior assurances “Call of Duty” won’t leave PlayStation, it’s tough to imagine the Activision Blizzard deal will close without a written agreement to keep “Call of Duty” a multiplatform title.
The big question then is if similar concessions will have to be made for “Call of Duty” when it comes to Game Pass. Sony has already accepted the reality of offering first-party titles to PC players and foregoing those potential hardware sales as a result.
Keep in mind that many of the studios Microsoft acquired or launched prior to the Bethesda buy have yet to release their big new games, as is the case with “Starfield” and “Redfall.” If these games are well received and do lead to greater sales of Xbox systems, even Sony’s biggest advantage in the gaming market could encounter strain.
Microsoft wants its Nintendo announcement to instill relief over its dealings, but the business of gaming just isn’t about consoles anymore — as much as the sector’s leaders still wish it was.
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