Phil said he wants to bring it to Switch, which is a fantastic idea as they’ll bring in a shit load more money.
Again this is going to be a massive deal and just think of all this revenue will be able to put to use for more exclusive games elsewhere. COD doesn’t need to be exclusive for this deal to bring Xbox much closer to #1
They are literally moving ahead of regulators. This article was prepared in advance. And that tongue twister with COD is hilarious.
But considering them openly stating now about those games in Game Pass, I wonder why they mention that open now? Marketing ploy for Game Pass I guess.
They clearly know what regulators are worried about, I’m not worried for this deal.
Agent Smith and his army of lawyers.
Yup, it’s multi-platform. Phil Spencer has been as clear as anyone can be. This should end any debate over the matter.
It won’t.
PlayStation currently has a larger share of the console gaming market than Xbox, but the CMA considers that Call of Duty is sufficiently important that losing access to it (or losing access on competitive terms) could significantly impact Sony’s revenues and user base. This impact is likely to be felt especially at the launch of the next generation of consoles, where gamers make fresh decisions about which console to buy. The CMA believes that the Merger could, therefore, significantly weaken Microsoft’s closest rival, to the detriment of overall competition in console gaming.
So it’s ok to do this sort of stuff if you don’t own the company and are the market leader, not only that but use those tactics at the start of the gen to convice people to buy their console.
Holy shit did Sony really rely on COD that much these regulators also think Sony would be doomed without COD.
Jez 
I guess they have written their concerns regarding COD in the same vein as they did with Brazilian authorities.
Yeah, I think Microsoft is going to do just about anything to get this done. It’s part of the reason I get confused about the whole “exclusive vs multiplat” discussion.
I think it’s clear CoD will stay multiplat, no matter how much people want to dance around previous statements made. If it went exclusive, I think that not only would it make it harder for this deal to go through, but it’ll be something for regulators to look at in future deals.
A lot of these regulators are very casual or know little to nothing about the gaming industry.
COD and GTA are probably the only names that they recognize.
and they’re stupid enough to believe it I guess. I thought Sony sold so well was because of their 1st party bangers is this untrue
I legitimately don’t see how fragile a business can be if it’s that dependant on a single franchise.
They are literally saying without COD, PS is done. Bungie must be happy right now.
It’s ridiculous and I don’t see how anyone is actually taking that claim seriously. Sony will be perfectly fine without COD, yes it would hurt them massively but look at Nintendo.
Actually one interesting tidbit in their response
Learn to take the L gracefully.
xCloud has to be coming to Switch
They will 100% put those F2P Cod in the cloud and will offer them to Switch. And also Overwatch.
“pleading for it’s deal”
Alright man.
