Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard King for $69 Billion on 2023-10-13

MS has entered a 10 year commitment to bring COD to Nintendo upon the completion of the merger

Also COD will remain on Steam and Windows simultaneously

https://twitter.com/x/status/1600342467727224832


Basically putting Sony in a position where they look extremely foolish. MS is committed to bringing COD to more gamers than ever.

MS supporting Unions...
MS supporting PS, Nintendo, Steam...
MS innovating with subscription services in gaming...

This deal is best for consumers. Lock it in. B)
 

“You can imagine if [the deal] closed on that date, starting to do development work to make that happen would likely take a little bit of time,” Spencer said, referring to the June 2023 date the merger is supposed to close, if it is not blocked by regulators. “Once we get into the rhythm of this, our plan would be that when [a Call of Duty game] launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, that it would also be available on Nintendo at the same time.”
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Spencer said the agreement between Nintendo and Microsoft specifies ten years, because that length of time will be comforting to gamers, and it’s likely the companies will continue working together.
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“It’s just about picking an expiration date, not with the goal of ever expiring, but just like, the legalese of a document has to say this goes through some date,” Spencer said. “But once we start working with a platform, just like we have with with Minecraft, both on PlayStation and on on Nintendo’s platform, our goal would be to continue to support those customers.”
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see colon said:
Easy? Yes. For me, for you. Maybe even a 10 year old could do it. But that's besides the point. It's a barrier to entry that effectively neuters the market. Amazon makes the most popular Android based tablet. I doubt they have a single digit market share in the COD Mobile market.

And remember that Microsoft already had their own mobile storefront with Windows Phone. That means they already had the connections with 3rd parties, and they have a slew of Android apps that they had concurrently with their own OS. They have a launcher, a search app, the Office suite, Teams, the Xbox apps, Outlook, an authenticator app, translator, solitaire, and more. Sure that's not enough for an app store by itself, but it isn't like the majority of apps on any app stores are first party. What I'm saying is that if Microsoft was going to try to launch a rival app store on Android, it would have tried it already. Buying Activision isn't going to give them the leverage to do that. And they have little to no motivation to do that, assuming the cut from selling Office subs is an acceptable deal.
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Amazon tablets are popular because they are cheap. The 10 inch plus model goes on sales consistantly for $100. Right now its $120

  • Get more with Plus: Everything in Fire HD 10, plus wireless charging, 4 GB RAM, and a soft-touch finish.
  • Fast and responsive - powerful octa-core processor and 4 GB RAM. 2x more RAM than the previous generation.
I'd wager the 2021 models are the only ones that would actually play cod well


The previous models only had 2 gigs of ram and the new 7/8 models also have only 2 gigs of ram with quad and hexa core cpus.


You can just as well make the arguement that MS will put COD and all that stuff on the amazon fire store

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Why Windows 11 going with Amazon for its Android apps, and not Google, is a masterstroke

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after all they have a good enough relationship to bring the store to windows 11 for android app support in windows.

Also they have had a very good history with Samsung. Used to sell their phone exclusively in the microsoft store and launched multiple apps on it including xcloud apps.
 
Remij said:
MS has entered a 10 year commitment to bring COD to Nintendo upon the completion of the merger

Also COD will remain on Steam and Windows simultaneously

https://twitter.com/x/status/1600342467727224832


Basically putting Sony in a position where they look extremely foolish. MS is committed to bringing COD to more gamers than ever.

MS supporting Unions...
MS supporting PS, Nintendo, Steam...
MS innovating with subscription services in gaming...

This deal is best for consumers. Lock it in. B)
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Shhh remember when I said MS will put COD on nintendo platforms and say it supports multiplatform.

The best thing is that MS wont have to really do anything until a switch 2. They are already saying they would have to wait for the deal to go through to get to work on it.
 
vjPiedPiper said:
Man it's gonna be a big shock the industry in 11 years time when COD's annual 50+million players suddenly need gamepass to play COD on their chosen devices
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COD is $70 a year. Game pass ultimate is $60 for 6 months or $120 for the year. So if you want COD each year and want at least 1 more game that launches day and date with game pass its really a no brainer at that point. MS wont do away with stand alone cod. It makes the game pass option look really attractive.

I mean even if you are a switch gamer do you buy cod for $70 on the switch each year or buy a $200/$250 series s on sale and buy game pass for it and have access to all of MS's games day and date , all of riots games on console , free ea play ?

About the only thing you really loose out on is the mobility of the switch in that instance. However the series s version will look better than the docked version of the switch.

MS is creating a really good value prop for going with game pass. They really just need to get more games on the pc game pass side
 
eastmen said:
COD is $70 a year. Game pass ultimate is $60 for 6 months or $120 for the year. So if you want COD each year and want at least 1 more game that launches day and date with game pass its really a no brainer at that point. MS wont do away with stand alone cod. It makes the game pass option look really attractive.

I mean even if you are a switch gamer do you buy cod for $70 on the switch each year or buy a $200/$250 series s on sale and buy game pass for it and have access to all of MS's games day and date , all of riots games on console , free ea play ?

About the only thing you really loose out on is the mobility of the switch in that instance. However the series s version will look better than the docked version of the switch.

MS is creating a really good value prop for going with game pass. They really just need to get more games on the pc game pass side
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Well lets gradually and subtly cancel out every other platform and large revenue stream :yes:
 
Remij said:
MS has entered a 10 year commitment to bring COD to Nintendo upon the completion of the merger

Also COD will remain on Steam and Windows simultaneously

https://twitter.com/x/status/1600342467727224832


Basically putting Sony in a position where they look extremely foolish. MS is committed to bringing COD to more gamers than ever.

MS supporting Unions...
MS supporting PS, Nintendo, Steam...
MS innovating with subscription services in gaming...

This deal is best for consumers. Lock it in. B)
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Sony is playing very agressive because they have nothing to lose here, best case deal get blocked and MSFT lose money. Worst case they will get 10 years commitment.
 
mr magoo said:
Sony is playing very agressive because they have nothing to lose here, best case deal get blocked and MSFT lose money. Worst case they will get 10 years commitment.
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Worst case they get 0 years as they didn't sign any agreement and the acquisition gets approved without concessions. Now that's not likely to happen because Microsoft and ABK desires to release COD on PS.
 
BRiT said:
Worst case they get 0 years as they didn't sign any agreement and the acquisition gets approved without concessions. Now that's not likely to happen because Microsoft and ABK desires to release COD on PS.
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Sure but as you said not likely to happend, plus i think this would sabotage any future investigations agains msft cma may have in the future.
"Hey look what they did to sony, first offered 10 years agreement and then they left them with nothing, same thing may happen here".
And miscrosoft will be investigated sooner or later. So i dont think it is a smart move for them.
 
www.eurogamer.net

Microsoft agrees 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo if Activision Blizzard buyout goes through

Microsoft has agreed a 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo if its buyout of Activision Blizzard goes through.
www.eurogamer.net www.eurogamer.net

There is a detail in the messaging. MS says they are commited to bring the game to Nintendo for 10 years if the acquisition goes through. With Sony, they are not communicating commitment but are asking from Sony to agree to a 10 year old deal.
That detail may be important.
Also Sony's argument isnt only COD but that they will limit options to gamers. Thats also what the regulators are concerned about
This is what CMA said in the past:

"“Third parties told the CMA that Microsoft would benefit from making Activision’s content exclusive to Game Pass, and that this would be consistent with Microsoft’s behaviour in relation to past acquisitions, including that of ZeniMax Media, where Microsoft did not uphold its promise to continue making Bethesda content available on multiple stores and platforms.”

It is likely that the regulators after they approved the previous acquisition, saw MS's true intentions and thats why they are more strict with this one.
 
Did they say the "case by case" phrase for Bethesda while they tried to acquire them or when the deal was done?

Wonder when Sony agrees with the x years
 
Remij said:
Sony looks so sad being the only ones not accepting a 10 year COD deal lol

More than generous. MS and the FTC are meeting today, so the FTC side of this deal could be decided relatively soon.
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Sony loses either way and can't exactly lose anymore since their opponent's hand has been revealed ...

Sony can only make gains by protesting since Microsoft probably has to at least keep their current offer open to be on the good side of regulators since they made this information public. Why stop at only CoD and 10 years at that when they can push regulators to have it extended for 15 or 20 years and maybe all of Activision Blizzard's franchises ?
 
Lurkmass said:
Sony loses either way and can't exactly lose anymore since their opponent's hand has been revealed ...

Sony can only make gains by protesting since Microsoft probably has to at least keep their current offer open to be on the good side of regulators since they made this information public. Why stop at only CoD and 10 years at that when they can push regulators to have it extended for 15 or 20 years and maybe all of Activision Blizzard's franchises ?
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That would be interesting, have we ever seen something like this before? Where regulators step in to protect marked leader?
 
mr magoo said:
That would be interesting, have we ever seen something like this before? Where regulators step in to protect marked leader?
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People forget that it is Microsoft who are the one's under investigation here ...

It's harder for Microsoft to backtrack their statements from public since that's going to give regulators a more negative review of the acquisition so they could very well force Microsoft to at least keep the option open or perhaps make a better offering until the deal closes ...

If regulators decide that absolutely no remedies are necessary then Microsoft might be able to backtrack their offer to Sony but that would be rare since regulators want to promote competition so there's a strong incentive for them to hold Microsoft's statements accountable if they can otherwise it might end for the courts to decide ...
 
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