The Microsoft and Activision Blizzard takeover saga may nearly be over, but some fans are left feeling aggrieved.
Since 2003, theCall of Dutyseries has evolved into one of the most commercially successful and popular video game franchises of all time. No doubt, this series was a major reason that Microsoft stumped up$68.7 billion to acquire Activision Blizzard.
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Even though Microsoft has reiterated that it intends to keep Call of Duty multiplatform, to the extent thatNintendo was offered a 10-year deal, Sony was concerned that at some point in the future, Microsoft could pull the series from PlayStation and keep it on the green brand.
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If that was to happen, Microsoft would have shot itself in the foot, especially as it once admitted, itwouldn’t be profitableto restrict Call of Duty to just Xbox, even if it meant taking it away from its most fierce competitor.
However,Microsoftrecently won a court battle against the opposing FTC, taking one step closer to the takeover being completed. Now we just wait to see what happens in the UK with the CMA.
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Interestingly, there was no other mention of other Activision franchises such asCrash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Overwatch or Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater to name a few. What’s more, there was also no mention of Bethesda titles, a company that Microsoft had previously acquired paying$7.5 billion for its parent company, ZeniMax Media.
Unfortunately, it seems that there is a good reason why onlyCall of Dutywas mentioned in the ‘binding agreement’, and that’s reportedly due to the deal only including the popular first-person series.
“I couldn’t careless about COD,” another user added. “I don’t play those types of games. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Dishonored, Doom and Wolfenstein are the games I would want access to, but looks like that’s not going to happen.”
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So in other words, once Microsoft officially acquires Activision Blizzard and you were looking to play games from a publisher other than Call of Duty, it might soon be time to invest in an Xbox Series X|S.
Topics:Call Of Duty,Crash Bandicoot,Bethesda,Activision,Xbox,PlayStation
