Microsofts confirms activision/blizzard games will remain on PS and Nintendo after agreements

[Hood Critic]

 

[winb83]

This is basically the same statement they've always made


CoD can be "made available" on Playstation through Warzone

Maybe they'll port crash team racing to the switch or some shyt

We not gonna know til 2023 and beyond

This is correct. They aren't saying any specifics. They need to say something like we will make all Call of Duty games available with release and feature parity. What they're saying right now are so vaguely worded they could mean a lot of things. People are now running with that and letting their imagination do the rest.

The government needs to put specific language into the terms of the merger to nail this down.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

this is gonna be the new FF7 Remake thread

 

[MeachTheMonster]

#shambles

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

“Yes we will be completely fair MR. FTC breh

pinky swear”

 

[Threnody]

playstation versions gonna be 600p with constant pop in and broken online

"its on there tho" - Microsoft

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

 

[Deman]

They won't be yearly installments anyway.

Phil isn't about to waste 10,000 developers to give Sony a yearly COD.

They have a treasure trove of IP they want to bring back. Edit -- and those will be XBOX Exclusive

micro transactions on ps5 n switch

part of gamepass

make $ all places

this gon b good for cross platform

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

micro transactions on ps5 n switch

part of gamepass

make $ all places

this gon b good for cross platform

 

[Koba St]

Sony stans

 

[winb83]

I think a lot of yall should be more cynical when corporate heads make statements that are so vague you can drive a truck through them. I'm not saying they won't continue to release all Call of Duty games with release and feature parity on all platforms all I'm saying is that statment they made also doesn't say that.

If the government let's this pass with only that statement the whole thing is a joke. Call of Duty will continue to be released on PlayStation can mean a lot of things but it doesn't necessarily mean what people are assuming here.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I think a lot of yall should be more cynical when corporate heads make statements that are so vague you can drive a truck through them. I'm not saying they won't continue to release all Call of Duty games with release and feature parity on all platforms all I'm saying is that statment they made also doesn't say that.

If the government let's this pass with only that statement the whole thing is a joke. Call of Duty will continue to be released on PlayStation can mean a lot of things but it doesn't necessarily mean what people are assuming here.

when everyone plays, we all win

 

[Tim Lord]

This is correct. They aren't saying any specifics. They need to say something like we will make all Call of Duty games available with release and feature parity. What they're saying right now are so vaguely worded they could mean a lot of things. People are now running with that and letting their imagination do the rest.

The government needs to put specific language into the terms of the merger to nail this down.

What was said before wasn’t as definitive as what was said today. Before it was about ‘desires’, today it was about ‘commitment’.
The paragraphs before and after give the statement of remaining on Playstation more context.

In addition, this post today wasn’t about consoles and Call of Duty. It was about app store regulations and getting this deal approved. So they weren’t going to go over every little detail about how they intend to do multiplatform releases moving forward. Also, this wasn’t a Phil Spencer blog, it was a Brad Smith blog so the tone and focus will be different.

I think they made it pretty clear today. Due to fear of upsetting regulators(and nothing else), MS will not shake the boat. They will continue to work with Playstation and Nintendo in regards to Call of Duty [the franchise] and ‘other popular Activision-Blizzard IP’ after the deal closes.

This MS blog post was a public declaration of intent to which they can now be held accountable. The blog post itself kinda hand waved consoles off as a small market in the grand scheme of things, so they probably don’t even care that much about keeping Acti-Blizz stuff exclusive.

 

[Deman]

microsoft aint got no games

they tryna make gaming cheaper and more accessible all i care bout. aint finna give nintendo 70 dollars 4 nothing

ur staning pushing games and dlc to 100 dollars fukk all that

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Wait till the ink dries.