Xbox offers a better PlayStation for Call of Duty deal | Xbox One
Although Microsoft publicly refers to mobile games as A larger share than Call of DutyObviously, this license remains key to the future of the Xbox brand if Activision’s acquisition of Blizzard King next year is verified. Today, The New York Times reports that Microsoft has proposed a new offering to Sony.
Historical takeover under historical pressure
In an article published today, the
The New York Times Tracks the latest information made available in the course of this historic acquisition.
This specifies that sixteen governments must agree to the purchase, subjecting Microsoft to the strongest regulatory pressure since the antitrust battles of the 1990s. As we set out at Xboxygen, three in-depth investigations have been launched across multiple countries. These are the United States, the European Union and Great Britain.
Microsoft President Brad Smith said the acquisition would not have gained as much interest had it been announced four years earlier. He fears, he says, that if such an “easy” deal does not go through, the chances of a more difficult takeover are even lower than the chances of it being approved.
While the agreement was approved by the authorities in Saudi Arab and on BrazilMicrosoft expects RS to validate it soon.
Microsoft offers a better deal for PlayStation
It is reported that if the deal is not concluded, Microsoft will have to pay Activision compensation of up to $3 billion. Thus, the stakes are high for Microsoft, which will then offer itself several prestigious licenses to make its Game Pass offering more attractive all the time.
Microsoft had already said in January that Call of Duty would remain on PlayStation and confirmed it again recently As long as there are PlayStation consoles, Call of Duty will stay on it. However, Sony is still not sure of itself and today we learn that Microsoft would have gone a step further lately.
According to The New York Times, Microsoft offered Sony a 10-year deal on November 11 to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. But the paper also specifies that Sony declined to comment on this offer, so we don’t know what happened to that proposal at this time.
Basically, Sony fears not only that the Call of Duty license will end up being removed from PlayStation, but also that Call of Duty games will take certain benefits by going under the Microsoft banner. However, the latter indicated that this would not be the case and that the games would remain identical. On the other hand, if the agreement is confirmed, Call of Duty will launch day one in Xbox Game Pass, and this is undoubtedly Microsoft’s biggest asset in this agreement, what scares Sony the most.