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Today Sony and Microsoft are at odds, with Sony opposing the Activision/Blizzard acquisition. Still, that’s not Microsoft’s biggest problem, as the Federal Trade Commission could file a lawsuit over the same merger.
But with both Sony and Nintendo franchises breaking sales records and his one of the most popular PC shooters potentially coming to consoles, it’s not all terrible in gaming country. .
Sony is against his Activision/Blizzard acquisition by Microsoft and has clearly stated that Call of Duty is irreplaceable. They echoed their concerns in a response to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), arguing that removing Call of Duty from the platform could prevent Sony from competing with Microsoft.
Call of Duty is one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, ahead of Grand Theft Auto and FIFA, so this is nothing new to anyone (although FIFA’s A microtransaction might have brought it on). conditions). This could be seen as highly hypocritical since Sony bought the studio and released its own.
In fact, they recently acquired his Bungie, a developer who was working on the Halo franchise, and is now working on another popular shooter, Destiny. More interestingly, this comes after reports that Microsoft has offered Sony his ten-year deal to keep Call of Duty on the PlayStation console. To subscribe to the service and play on Xbox or PC, Sony believes it will keep fans away from consoles. Ultimately, organizations will undoubtedly try to hold off on acquisitions until they are completed.