Technically They cannot talk about exclusive yet anyways right cause the deal won’t close until next year i think this is PR move once deal close is when they can do whatever but first it must closes
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Anyone thinking MS are going to keep COD on PS because of the antitrust / DoJ investigation really need to have their heads checked.
“Oh wait, you promise you will keep releasing call of duty on Playstation”. Great thanks, acquisition confirmed…
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It’s a video game, not a utility. Sony will be fine without it. 
Phil already said Elder Scrolls 6 is exclusive.
Yeah ima just head out I can see where this is going lol
I wish Spencer would stop talking. Everyone knows how this statement wil be interpreted and everyone should know if he keeps Warzone on PS the statement rings true.
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Honestly, I don’t care because gamepass means I’m getting fed. However, where was the journalist outcry for known multiplats like street fighter being full exclusive, spiderman known multiplat character being blocked on anything xbox, Final fantasy exclusivity getting extended, most likely blocking persona on switch, and list goes on. I just feel the bias of Microsoft has not play nice is weird when Sony for example is ruthless and doesn’t put their foot off the gas pedal if they have you down
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Bet you would be wrong. There are still a TON of onlookers who see gaming as a battle between consoles, and such a move would look anti-competitive when CoD is the dominant revenue driver for PSX sw.
It isn’t really adequate just to assert that MS is competing with Google, Facebook, Amazon, Tencent, etc. when they are still competing with Sony and Nintendo too. They can’t argue that they are not competing with Sony/Nintendo in one breath and then say ‘well Sony has more revenue than us so clearly the competition is doing fine!’. Those are contradictory arguments that won’t hold up when pressed.
If that were the case he would not have split his response into two parts, one including contracts (which your argument refers to) and another part saying they plan to keep CoD coming to PSX systems.
Neat. It isn’t laughable to the actual ppl in our govt. making decisions about what kinda scrutiny this gets and their opinion matters more than yours, so…/shrugs
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Is that really what ppl imagine regulators do? Yikes…and we need our heads checked?! Come on now folks. lol
The Government doesnt care about plastic gaming boxes.
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Warzone will stay on PS cause it a live service and is not mainline COD so yes it is true what phil said lol
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IMO this tweet is as direct as it can be. Phil wants to keep COD multiplatform.
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They care about $70bil mega-corporation M&A.
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About videogames? No they dont.
This the same goverment that let Disney buy Fox and green lit the T-Mobile and Sprint merger go through with like minimum blowback.
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I feel like I just went through these discussions. At the end of the day Microsoft and Xbox ran the numbers and knows what’s best. They also have indicated in the past about exclusives. We know they’ll follow the Bethesda model pretty much for anything not COD. We’ll have to wait on COD.
Easier wait this time knowing at least every other franchise is definitely PC and Xbox exclusive. Including reviving older IP. I mean Diablo, WOW, Overwatch, Crash, Star raft, Spyro, Hexxen, Guitar Hero etc. That’s already massive in every way.
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once again, that’s not enough for it be claimed anti-trust. especially considering the disparity in console sales between sony, ms, and nintendo (a platform largely without native cod support).
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And then he receives a call from Sony asking for TES6… But that’s besides the point. COD will be an Xbox IP, as such it should stay in the Xbox ecosystem. I’m ok with Warzone staying on PS, you certainly cennot pull it out after the time and money people have spent one the MT, as well as any contractual obbligations. But once the contracts and deals are off (PS has marketing rights with COD) everything should be exclusive, period.
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