Microsoft Feels 10 Years Is Long Enough For Sony To Provide A Call of Duty Alternative
The battle for Activision Blizzard continues on.

The battle for Activision Blizzard continues on.

It's probably true that Call of Duty is a small segment of the PlayStation user base, but still makes a lot of money for them.

The UK regulator did their due diligence in looking at other big money shooter games, including the likes of Fortnite.

The battle for Activision Blizzard continues on.

Our review of the provisions of this document suggest that Sony has made their arguments more about protecting them than looking out for their own customers.

Ubitus scores a new partnership with Microsoft.

Microsoft responds to CMA over the Activision Blizzard acquisition.

Sony continues to fight back on the acquisition bid.

Can they back up their words?

This argument won't end the debate about the Microsoft - Activision deal, but it should whittle down Sony's arguments even further.

Is Microsoft closer to acquiring Activision Blizzard?

If regulators are still clueless on smaller details like this, it seems less likely they'll make the right decisions on the Microsoft - Activision deal.

Phil Spencer draws a line in the sand that the dramatic offers they have made for the Activision deal don't signal a complete change in the industry.

It makes you wonder what Microsoft is really going to get out of all of this.

Are third-party games a must?

Activision once considered permabanning Call of Duty cheaters. This may be the more palatable alternative.

Call of Duty may still be launching for previous consoles in the future.

Time to end the Call of Duty console exclusivity cycle.

Brad wasn't able to make a deal happen yet, but you gotta admire a guy with that much chutzpah.

Microsoft will apparently spend that much more to make sure Nintendo versions of Call of Duty games will be as good as other versions.

Microsoft had the confidence to finalize this deal even before their acquisition of Call of Duty was approved.

Sony stands to lose real income, not from gamers switching to Xbox, but from losing that third party margin income.

The variety of potential respondents in this survey reflects just how far reaching the deal will be to the tech industry at large, not just video games.

Sony is finally read to play Call, er, ball.
