Phil Spencer shares intent to honour all previous agreements and desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation

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I think Call of Duty has to be exclusive to Xbox due to the simple reason of their fight being with Amazon/Facebook/Google.

They did not spend $70 billion because they wanted to gain a foothold over Sony. They did it to arm themselves against the future of cloud services with Amazon/Facebook/Google. The same reason they bought Bethesda, too.

Because now Call of Duty, Fallout, Elder Scrolls will never be on whatever services Amazon/Facebook/Google will have. Because these games would have launched on as many platforms as possible. You want to play those titles? You need Game Pass.

That’s why it has to be exclusive to Game Pass, being on PlayStation will muddy the water.

Only on Game Pass.

[FarSightXR-20]

@Biggzy

Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me, but I have to be honest and say that I think Phil was more definitive on the existing contract situations with the Zenimax deal than this one.

Better to wait anyway.

Remember what MS said in November 2020

Xbox’s chief financial officer says that Microsoft’s aim isn’t to take away content from other platforms but to be first or best on Xbox.

Bethesda games to be best on Xbox, not necessarily exclusive says Microsoft

So far, Redfall, Starfield are exclusive and TESVI was heavily implied to be exclusive.

Although at the moment, I’m in the opinion that they will make COD timed exclusive rather than definitive to have the best of both worlds.

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

warzone multiplat full cods are exclusive much like how elderscrolls and fallout 76 are handled

[LavishAssassin]

@FarSightXR-20

So far, Redfall, Starfield are exclusive and TESVI was heavily implied to be exclusive.

Although at the moment, I’m in the opinion that they will make COD timed exclusive rather than definitive to have the best of both worlds.

I don’t think it will be timed tbh.

[Running_Riot (Tyler Sanders)]

I agree with Grubb and a lot of others. CoD will be the bargaining chip the let’s Gamepass onto PlayStation.

[AllianceOfficer]

@javycane

Id expect everything but Warzone to be exclusive cause CoD is the literal game changer for xbox. You can’t give it away.

It assures you of such a potential userbase shifting to your console that publishers will have to think 3 times before not posting a game on xbox.

Yeah and Sony will get whatever games they already have some sort of exclusivity on.

[howlingmosquito (mosquito)]

Xbox Everywhere: Phil Spencer wants an Xbox app on as many devices as possible

So, the Xbox app on Switch then, I ask again. “You know, it’s the right question because people usually ask me about releasing one individual game or another. And what I say is I want the full Xbox experience to be something that we deliver. We have no plans to bring it to any other kind of closed platforms right now, mainly because those closed platforms don’t want something like Game Pass. There’s a ton of open platforms out there for us to grow in: the web, PC, and mobile. So all of our focus, frankly, is on those platforms.”

It’s gamepass or nothing.

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@howlingmosquito

So, the Xbox app on Switch then, I ask again. “You know, it’s the right question because people usually ask me about releasing one individual game or another. And what I say is I want the full Xbox experience to be something that we deliver. We have no plans to bring it to any other kind of closed platforms right now, mainly because those closed platforms don’t want something like Game Pass. There’s a ton of open platforms out there for us to grow in: the web, PC, and mobile. So all of our focus, frankly, is on those platforms.”

It’s gamepass or nothing.

yep knowing sony’s stubbornness its not likely

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@GoroMajima

You wanna keep cod? Give me Nioh.

Lol I don’t care about CoD whatsoever but I really do hope it’s exclusive because it will make Xbox a monster in the West. That will mean indies/AA/Japanese devs will be less likely to ignore the platform, so KT making Nioh a PS exclusive for example will be a much less tantalizing offer for them.

[Jorge_Alexander_Acos (Jorge Alexander Acosta Duarte)]

Jeff, Shinobi, Imran, Greg Miller among others all agree in the very “carefully” worded statement of Phil

[ProgStopper]

@javycane

Phil kept that statement as vague as possible so its hilarious to me of how people have turned it into CoD is the new Minecraft.

CoD is the world’s second most popular kids game.

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@ProgStopper

CoD is the world’s second most popular kids game.

[GamepadX]

@ProgStopper

CoD is the world’s second most popular kids game.

Roblox is the king. My 6 year old can never get enough Roblox on his iPad.

[Sparda3g]

@GamepadX

Roblox is the king. My 6 year old can never get enough Roblox on his iPad.

I’m surprised that game hasn’t touched PS. I mean shouldn’t that be sign that CoD can live without one platform? Oh well, time will tell.

[Dom]

Ngl, it’s fking crazy to see Phil Spencer being a king maker now and decides if Call of Duty will be on Playstation or not. A game that is responsible for a huge chunk of Playstion game revenue.

[ProgStopper]

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@GamepadX

Roblox is the king. My 6 year old can never get enough Roblox on his iPad.

Y’all it was a joke.

[DeoGame]

Honestly, I have a tinfoil hat theory here.

According to the RE Village contract, Sony has in some marketing deals restricted games from hitting Game Pass for a year.

Xbox said in the press release they will bring as many ABK games over “as they can” at deal close and launch.

I honestly think there’s a chance CoD is restricted from day one Game Pass and MS wants to make a trade with Sony. They will offer CoD games on PS5 through the end of the gen, past the closing of the marketing deal if Sony allows CoD to hit Game Pass day one.

It’s a deal that would benefit both sides greatly. Buys Sony time to plan an alternative, allows Xbox to have day one CoD from the jump and allows Xbox sufficient time to communicate to consumers that CoD will be exclusive to Xbox starting in Gen 10 so they have time to weigh up their options.

[Mesiac]

@DeoGame

…t theory here. According to the RE Village contract, Sony has in some marketing deals restricted games from hitting Game Pass for a year. Xbox said in the press release they will bring as many ABK games over “as they can” at deal close and launch. I honestly think there’s a chance CoD is restricted from day one Game Pass and MS wants to make a trade with Sony. They will offer CoD games on PS5 through the end of the gen, past the closing of the marketing deal if Sony allows CoD to hit Game Pass day one. It’s a deal that would benefit both sides greatly. Buys Sony time to plan an alternative, allows Xbox to have day one CoD from the jump and allows Xbox sufficient time to communicate to consumers that CoD will be exclusive to Xbox starting in Gen 11 so they have time to weigh up their options.

I was thinking it might be that as well. I don’t know that Xbox bringing COD to PS would last the entire gen, but if Sony’s marketing deal for COD does include the no Game Pass clause like RE8, I could see Xbox wanting to make a deal.

Bringing their games to Game Pass day one is clearly an important objective of theirs. I’ve wondered if that was part of the deal for Ori getting to go to Switch for instance.

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@DeoGame

…t theory here. According to the RE Village contract, Sony has in some marketing deals restricted games from hitting Game Pass for a year. Xbox said in the press release they will bring as many ABK games over “as they can” at deal close and launch. I honestly think there’s a chance CoD is restricted from day one Game Pass and MS wants to make a trade with Sony. They will offer CoD games on PS5 through the end of the gen, past the closing of the marketing deal if Sony allows CoD to hit Game Pass day one. It’s a deal that would benefit both sides greatly. Buys Sony time to plan an alternative, allows Xbox to have day one CoD from the jump and allows Xbox sufficient time to communicate to consumers that CoD will be exclusive to Xbox starting in Gen 10 so they have time to weigh up their options.

Possible, but I think the COD marketing deals were before Game Pass really picked up. Doubt it was seen as much of a threat.