The major news of the week is without a doubt the announcement of the takeover of the group Activision-Blizzard (including King) through Microsoft for nearly 70 billion dollars. Inevitably, the stock markets panicked following this news, with the consequence of reduce the action of Sony 20 billion dollarss while those of other publishers have increased, some already imagining that other acquisitions are to come. But the real question that interests players is above all whether the next Call of Duty and other titles from the publisher will continue to be cross-platform. Phil Spencer does not want to alienate communities, which does not get us very far. And in all this, what do you think Sony ? Well, the Japanese giant quickly spoke up.
It is through Bloomberg that we learn that a spokesperson for Sony said the following to Wall Street Journal :
We expect Microsoft to honor contractual agreements and continue to ensure that Activision games are cross-platform.
Yes, you are not unaware that PlayStation was entitled to certain exclusivities and, for example, highlights e-sports tournaments on Call of Duty, with therefore all that this implies in terms of paperwork and signed agreements. As was the case for Deathloop and soon Ghostwire: Tokyo, Microsoft will therefore have obligations to comply with, which could in the short term prevent the privatization of certain licenses in the universe Xbox.
In any case, we will have to wait to see what strategy will be adopted. Microsoft, but what is certain is that the Game Pass will be well fed, subscription that you can find on Amazon.
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