{"id":14775,"date":"2022-08-11T17:34:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/are-sony-and-microsofts-squabbles-over-call-of-duty-just-business-as-usual\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T17:34:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:34:24","slug":"are-sony-and-microsofts-squabbles-over-call-of-duty-just-business-as-usual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/are-sony-and-microsofts-squabbles-over-call-of-duty-just-business-as-usual\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Sony and Microsoft&#8217;s squabbles over Call of Duty just business as usual?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nThis week on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/newscast\">Eurogamer Newscast<\/a>, we discuss the ongoing fallout from Microsoft and Sony&#8217;s squabbling over Activision Blizzard and it&#8217;s blockbuster franchise Call of Duty.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIf you&#8217;ve been living under a rock for the last six months, this all stems from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-near-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard-report\">Microsoft&#8217;s intent to buy Activision for 68.7bn<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-doesnt-sound-thrilled-microsoft-is-buying-call-of-duty-maker-activision\">Sony isn&#8217;t too happy about<\/a>. Recently we&#8217;ve heard arguments from Sony offering some of its views on the deal &#8211; that it would be bad news for PlayStation, essentially &#8211; and now Microsoft itself has hit back. <\/p>\n<p>\nMicrosoft has reiterated that it does not want to make Call of Duty an Xbox exclusive &#8211; for now, at least &#8211; and even said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-xbox-exclusivity-wouldnt-be-profitable-microsoft-says\">would be an unprofitable move if it did so<\/a>. Even more remarkably, it has also hit out at Sony for suggesting the Microsoft-Activision deal would stifle competition &#8211; and claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-claims-sony-pays-developers-blocking-rights-to-keep-games-off-xbox-game-pass\">PlayStation itself pays out money to block games coming to Xbox Game Pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/are-sony-and-microsofts-squabbles-over-call-of-duty-just-business-as-usual\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss the ongoing fallout from Microsoft and Sony&#8217;s squabbling over Activision Blizzard and it&#8217;s blockbuster franchise Call of Duty. 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