A lot has been happening surroundingMicrosoftandActivisionover the last few weeks. To summarise, Microsoft battled it out in court with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to argue that its proposed acquisition of Activision was fair,and won. This means that the company now has to deal with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), whodecided to block the dealback in April. With that in mind, it’s still not 100% confirmed that the buyout isdefinitelygoing ahead, but Microsoft’s win against the FTC has moved everything one step further ahead.
If Microsoft successfully buys Activision, it’ll own theCall of DutyIP. Take a look at some of the funniestWarzonewins and fails below.
Understandably, Sony has been very opposed to the deal going through, mainly because of its concern over potentially losing Call of Duty. As The Vergereports, it’s now been confirmed that Sony has agreed to a deal with Microsoft which will keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for 10 years. However, what’s interesting is that this dealonlyapplies to CoD, meaning that other Activision franchises such as Spyro andCrasharen’t necessarily safe.
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Obviously, this doesn’t mean that every other Activision franchise is going to disappear from PlayStation imminently, but if the deal is fully finalised, there’d technically be nothing stopping Xbox from nabbing a few extra exclusives later down the line. While Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon haven’t been exclusive to PlayStation for quite some time, they’re still widely considered to be classic PlayStation icons, so it’d be particularly strange to see them become Xbox exclusives. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
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