Native Call of Duty on PlayStation, not linked to them having to carry Game Pass, not streaming. If they want a streaming version of Call of Duty we could do that as well, just like we do on our own consoles.
There’s nothing behind my back. It is the Call of Duty Modern Warfare II doing great on PlayStation, doing great on Xbox. The next game, the next, next, next, next, next [game]. Native on the platform, not having to subscribe to Game Pass. Sony does not have to take Game Pass on their platform to make that happen.
There’s nothing hidden. We want to continue to ship Call of Duty on PlayStation without any kind of weird ‘aha I figured out the gotcha’ as Phil said ‘our intent.’ I understand some people’s concerns on this, and I’m just trying to be as clear as I can be.
Dang3rCl0se on November 16th, 2022 at 04:52 UTC »
Phil Spencer is saying what he needs to say so Regulators will approve the $68 Billion Dollar deal. Once the deal is approved we will really find out what he thinks about Call of Duty on other platforms. What I do know is that Microsoft wants to sell more Game Pass subscriptions and the only way they are going to do that is by having more exclusive games on the Xbox/PC.
RagingFluffyPanda on November 15th, 2022 at 18:53 UTC »
At the end of the day, if they think they can make more money long term by making COD Xbox/PC exclusive, they'll do so. In all likelihood though, they've run the numbers and it doesn't make sense.
What we're seeing more of though, and what is likely to happen here, is delayed/timed releases where people on certain systems get earlier access. If Xbox times the release of the next COD with the release of the next generation of consoles and gives Xbox folks access a month early, that could seriously impact sales of next gen consoles without completely alienating PlayStation folks. I think that still maximizes Xbox's investment without alienating gamers completely, but it'll all depend on the numbers.
nates514 on November 15th, 2022 at 17:47 UTC »
With them buying Bethesda, obsidian, and several other first person rpg makers if there is an Xbox exclusive game it will probably be one of those. That said exclusivity only goes so far, u get a big bump in console sales but in the long run I feel like you would be better off making the games more universal