game news Call of Duty on a single console would be like “losing money”!
As part of the CMA decision, which ruled against Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard takeover, several documents emerge. Including one about the possible Call of Duty being excluded on Xbox.
Last week, the ax finally fell… The ‘CMA’, competition police in the United Kingdom, spoke out against Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard. In other words, the fruits of the possible acquisition on British soil are, to date, blocked! The organization believes that, ultimately, consumers in the country would be threatened, particularly in the field of cloud gaming, where the American giant is already very present: “Microsoft would find a commercial advantage in making Activision games were exclusive to their own service (in the clouds, editor’s note)”. As soon as the verdict was known, this Wednesday, April 26, the Redmond firm and Activision announced that they were going to appeal.
A “substantial” loss
As we explained to you a few days ago: for the CMA, “it is no longer Call of Duty that acts as a scarecrow”… In fact, according to reports IGN, the organization even believes that PlayStation’s fears about the famous FPS, should the Activision-Blizzard takeover succeed, are unfounded. The regulator explains that Microsoft would lose ‘substantial money’ if shooter becomes Xbox exclusive ! This is precisely one of the great concerns of Sony and the CEO of its video game division, Jim Ryan. The man wants the guarantee that Call of Duty will be “forever” on PS4 and PS5. For its part, Microsoft offers a ten-year contract, which PlayStation did not accept.
To support its analysis, the CMA is based on the “critical deviation rate” (or “critical deviation rate”), that is, the number of Sony gamers who would need to switch to Xbox in order for such exclusivity to be profitable for Microsoft. the money these players would be willing to spend, with in-game purchases, within five years of this decision. According to the British agent, this would represent a loss of “several billions” in these few years. As IGN points out, the organization takes several factors into account: such as the possible setback of the American giant in this decision, the advantages linked to Game Pass… In any case, in the short or long term, it would be wasteful. weather. . It remains to be seen what Xbox will do, should its acquisition be validated! After the FTC and the CMA, Europe’s decision is missing, scheduled for May 22.
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