Now that the Microsoft-Activision acquisition is finally over, PlayStation users are in a state of disappointment fearing that they will miss out on future Call of duty titles. This comes as many of them are up in arms to the future of the accessibility of the call of duty titles available and the threat of the series becoming a Microsoft exclusive for their platform only.
Professor Rob Mullbach, from the Game Design program at Fanshawe, talks about why Microsoft made such a bold business move like this.
“I have found PlayStation owners are our very Territorial and they really are loyal to PlayStation as a brand and anything they see that like could disrupt that they get really angry about the real acquisition was about owning a large chunk of a very famous mobile developer and having a footprint in that industry right away, you know what I mean? So that’s kind of the mean aspect why they were buying it” said Mulbach
Microsoft’s main goal with this purchase was to take a massive stake in the ever growing mobile gaming industry, alongside the acquisition Microsoft got ahold of King games, the developers of popular mobile games like Candy Crush saga and Bubble Witch Saga.
In the world of esports, the acquisition is being looked at in a positive light. Fanshawe esports correspondent and commentator Alex Allan had this to say about the future of Call of Duty and what could come from cooperation with a Microsoft relationship.
“It’s huge with Microsoft playing their foot in the door now and they’re saying hey, we’re gonna just take some of this stuff over us as a community. We’re really happy because it means there could be more Investments” said Allan.
With the court case now over, regulators gave the streaming rights to the call of duty titles to the Assassins creed developer Ubisoft for the time being, with Xbox CEO Phil Spencer stating the titles will be on their subscription platform, Xbox Game Pass for gamers to play at some point next year
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