Microsoft has acquired Activision Blizzard, a game manufacturer with top IPs such as Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, with a structure of 68.7 billion US dollars. This action has made many media and players once again lament its money ability, but also foreshadow the game. The delicate state of confrontation between Microsoft and Sony on the console is no longer balanced. Will Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty continue to release the PS version?
With the appeal of the Call of Duty series of games in Europe and the United States, if Microsoft chooses to monopolize the follow-up works of this series of games, then Sony’s PS game console is like a mobile phone that cannot install WeChat in China. Will Microsoft use this trick to completely defeat the Sony PS? At the moment, Microsoft doesn’t seem to think so, and Microsoft doesn’t seem to put Sony in the position of the opponent.
In the early hours of this morning (January 21), Phil Spencer, head of the Xbox department, tweeted that he had spoken to Sony leaders about the future of the acquisition of Activision Blizzard and the Call of Duty series, and he reconfirmed the completion of the acquisition. After that, we will continue to fulfill our commitments and agreements and hope that the Call of Duty series will continue to land on the PS platform. Later, he also said, Sony is an important part of the game industry, and we cherish our relationship with each other.
From the strategy of Xbox and PS for game exclusivity in recent years, we can see the general direction of the two companies’ future layouts. On the one hand, they are constantly expanding the game lineup of Game Pass on various platforms, while on the other hand, they are trying to control third-party games. Exclusive for a limited time. This time, Microsoft won the IP with top traffic in Europe and the United States, and it depends on how Sony responds.