No, it's the same. Stuart says they have no plans to pull content. Spencer says they desire to keep (aka not pull content) COD on PS. It's the same. No, they will not pull MW1, MW2, MW3, BO1, BO2, BO3, etc from PS. They likely will not pull Warzone. But they will also not release COD 2024, COD 2025, COD 2026, etc on Playstation UNLESS Playstation allows Game Pass. We've been here before...
Your entire premise was debunked years ago. If you want to play Minecraft on a PS but with non PS players, you need to have a MS account.
An Xbox Live (Network) account or a Microsoft account?
Way more than doable. Already being done. I had to make one of the kids an Xbox account so they could play Minecraft, on their PS4, with non-PS4 friends.
Are you suggesting MS wants to semi-go multiplatform?
Are you suggesting MS wants to semi-go multiplatform?
Next you'll be saying they've created a separate division outside of the Xbox brand to handle that stuff
Let me guess, Phil will be in charge
Phil was recently promoted to CEO of MS Gaming, which they announced with the Activision deal announcement.
Welp, there it is. Case closed.
yeah 3rd person cinematic action games. basically no other genres from their top studios
Technically, it might just be called a MS account. But I'm not about to split hairs along the lines of MS would never merge an account with a Sony account.
Microsoft. Same is true for Nitnendo Switch.
It looks that way. But while I was not on this forum at the time of the Bethesda acquisition I've looked and there were countless people saying that the AAA Bethesda games (Starfield, Elder Scrolls, etc.) would stay multi platform because of their huge sales potential. And that has not turned out to be the case. So here we have another acquisition with huge AAA games and some folks are making the same argument. Most of us know how this turns out.
I think that Ms and Sony already discussed this and there no way and i mean NO WAY that ms didn't have a deal if they gonna release their owned game on the rival platform period. Next COD is basically the same as God of war. and no one is expecting them to release it on rival platform ...and before you start ....no the fact that the old Cod came out on PlayStation too doesn't matter at all
Yeah I just took a look it does say Microsoft account, not Xbox account specifically. But you also don't need an Xbox Live account for GamePass; you can just use a Microsoft account for that (which makes sense considering people wouldn't need XBL for PC or mobile).
I'm just curious. Couldn't this argument be made about ANY game released on Xbox? If it's just about money why wouldn't MS put all their games on PlayStation and be done with it? Isn't part of the reason PlayStation is successful is because of the games you can play on the system? If those games are not on the system any longer why would you buy the PlayStation? If games like Skyrim, Doom, Call of Duty and Diablo aren't on PlayStation but are on Xbox why would you avoid the Xbox?
Are you suggesting MS wants to semi-go multiplatform?
Next you'll be saying they've created a separate division outside of the Xbox brand to handle that stuff
Let me guess, Phil will be in charge
LOL, only Xbox console warriors would be disappointed if COD remained on PS. The rest of the Xbox owners will be fine with that and will still get to play COD for free on Game Pass.
Nah. Sony guys care A LOT about Call of Duty. A metric shit ton they care.
| 1 | Call of Duty: Vanguard | Activision Blizzard (Corp) | |
| 2 | Madden NFL 22 | Electronic Arts | |
| 3 | Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
The most insane thing about this is that Phil is openly saying that he wont bring games to other platforms, he's only interested in services. Like I dont understand how this man can compile and accumulate so much talent, and still is mostly concerned about the method of fucking delivery. He can be Mozart but he wants to be the postman.From Phil's mouth to DJ K's ears:
"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."
"when we say we want everybody to be able to play on Xbox, we really mean if we can bring that full experience to a device that players want, we are totally open to those discussions."
Xbox Everywhere: Phil Spencer wants an Xbox app on as many devices as possible
The future of Xbox is about breaking down barriers to focus on player joy and ease of accesswww.gamesradar.com
I'm surprised they haven't yet. They must still believe they can do it better.
I keep hearing that Sony's exclusives are so amazing that they don't need Activision. They will just develop a CoD killer with all that Sony exclusive money and Activision will lose 70% of their user base because it won't be on Playstation. So how important can it really be?
The services industry of Microsoft is what sent their stock value from $35 to $300 in nine years. Not saying it's "great", but it's their new business model that has proven valuable.
I have both and am still disappointed. Dualsense is awesome for shooters.
Even for competitive shooters? I've read a lot of people turn off the adaptive triggers when playing competitively.
I hate the shift from products to service and always have. But it is not a Phil thing. That's a MS thing (office).
Whoa, weird. I thought Activision was on the decline and losing sales. Weird that they still beat Sony exclusives, which are just selling like hotcakes and making Sony so much money. I don't know what to believe anymore. But it doesn't matter, because once CoD goes exclusive it will lose 70% of its userbase and Killzone will be number one.
Nah, you're way off. Killzone is trash. Resistance is where the fps crowd will go on Playstation. That is the new king of first person shooters! Get ready. I hope Sony is opening their wallet to get a new Resistance game greenlit.
Yep. I use them in COD CW all the time. I actually prefer it because I keep my finger pushed down the trigger right before the final click for the shot. Very nice on snipers. 1.4 KD for the record. But I can see how some would hate it.
Depends on the user. I like having them on.
Man I wish they would bring Syphon Filter back.
Activision, MS and Spencer said they will keep the ABK IPs on the platforms where they already are. Spencer specifically mentioned CoD, and they did use the Minecraft (which got all its post acquisition games released on PS) as example in the SEC filing (legal document for their investors, regulators, analysts, they won't lie them).
It's a bit sketchy though, because for the exact same price I could buy lifetime license of MS Office in the past I now get only 1 year of Office 365. It can be used on more than 1 device but still, the cheapest option now has to be renewed every year so no wonder they earn a lot more.
Office 365 is waaaaay better than any of the other versions though. And you get regular updates, plus you can join the Insider channels for early access. Plus 1TB of OneDrive storage.
Even if not exclusive, I think Sony made a ton of money with Destiny (with former Halo devs), CoD, Battlefield, Apex Legend, Overwatch, Fortnite and so on.
