How many years? Months ago Microsoft made some noises about it being two years after the current deal. “In January, we provided a signed agreement to Sony to guarantee Call of Duty on PlayStation, with feature and content parity, for at least several more years beyond the current Sony contract, an offer that goes well beyond typical gaming industry agreements,” says Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer in a statement to The Verge. But what about after that? Well, its time for another lesson in how to muddy the waters as much as possible, brought to you once again by Phil Spencer.
And then, after all of that, came Xbox chief Phil Spencer talking about how exclusives weren’t the future, as everyone listening realized that they certainly seem to be Xbox’s present.Īnd through it all, a decent chunk of the gaming public kept asking the same question: yeah, but is Call of Duty going to still be on Sony’s PlayStation? And the answer is yes! Because Sony and Activision had already inked a deal for the next 3 games to be released on that system.
Then one title from Bethesda was announced as an Xbox exclusive. Then the company said some games, mostly from the Bethesda acquisition, would be “first/best” on Xbox. After the announcements of the Zenimax/Bethesda and Activision Blizzard acquisitions, which are still going through review, Microsoft came out with a bunch of conflicting statements on what those buys would mean for exclusivity of games. Fri, Sep 9th 2022 07:39pm - Timothy GeignerĪnd here we are again, with more exclusivity drama coming out of the recent acquisitions Microsoft has undertaken in the video game space.
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