The Microsoft company has been fighting to secure the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. After their astonishing bid of over $69 billion to purchase the company, it’s been anything but a smooth process. Now, regulators are actively looking into this potential purchase and if Microsoft is given the green light. One of the biggest opposers to this deal going through is Sony. With the fear of losing out on Call of Duty, Microsoft has shown how committed they are to ensuring this IP won’t leave competitor platforms.
It’s been an uphill battle so far, but Microsoft has continued to boast contract deals that would ensure Call of Duty will be widely available. With this IP being the biggest component of the Activision Blizzard deal, Microsoft is cutting deals left and right. Outside of stating that they would want Call of Duty to be available not only on Xbox but other platforms, the company has signed some new contract deals. If you recall, it was just yesterday that Microsoft signed a 10-year contract deal with Boosteroid. Boosteroid is one of the largest independent cloud gaming services available.
With this deal, Microsoft will bring their Xbox PC games to the service for several years. It was also noted that this deal would include the likes of Call of Duty if the Activision Blizzard deal goes through. Now today, Microsoft has revealed a similar 10-year contract deal was signed with Ubitus. Phil Spencer revealed in a tweet today that the deal was reached, and again Call of Duty would be featured on this cloud service provider if Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard.
If you don’t recall, Ubitus is the main cloud gaming service to help bring games to the Nintendo Switch platform. So we can likely expect a similar cloud gaming experience for Call of Duty games on the Nintendo Switch. Again, this is another means to show just how widely available the Call of Duty franchise would become if Microsoft acquired the Activision Blizzard company. But we’re still having to wait for regulators to make their final decision. Despite being readily available across the board, Sony is still hesitant about this deal going through. Sony is now worried that if this deal does go through, then an inferior version for future Call of Duty games would land on the PlayStation platforms.
