![]() ![]() "SIE therefore agrees with the PFs that the more relevant indicator of Microsoft’s intentions on exclusivity for Call of Duty is the ZeniMax deal." The CMA correctly points out that Minecraft’s 'legacy monetisation model of a one-time fee for lifetime access and updates…differs significantly from Call of Duty, where users buy the new premium iteration of the game every year for a higher fee.' "Minecraft is a single release game that is already in users’ hands: unlike Call of Duty, there are no future releases of Minecraft. But this example is not relevant to an exclusivity strategy regarding future releases of Call of Duty," Sony added. "Second, Microsoft points to Minecraft as an example of an acquisition where it did not pursue exclusivity. Sony added that using Minecraft as an example for keeping a game multiplatform isn't relevant as it is a single release, while Call of Duty gets a new release every year. It was only after acquiring ZeniMax that Microsoft’s Phil Spencer revealed that, all along, the deal had been about 'delivering great exclusive games' for Xbox." "As the PFs explain, these releases were announced in 2018 and were not expected at that time to be Xbox exclusives. "It is about the impact of Microsoft making new Call of Duty releases (which are launched every year) exclusive, as it has done for the new releases of Starfield and Elder Scrolls following the acquisition of ZeniMax in 2021. "But the foreclosure concern in this case is not about past releases of Call of Duty. "Microsoft is fond of arguing that, with its prior acquisitions, it did not make the existing, already released games it acquired exclusive to Xbox," reads Sony Interactive Entertainment's response. Sony points to Microsoft making future ZeniMax games Xbox console exclusives including " Starfield and Elder Scrolls." The mention of The Elder Scrolls could allude to The Elder Scrolls VI being an Xbox console exclusive. Sony states the concern with the deal is about future releases of Call of Duty and not previous releases. ![]() Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) in a newly published document by the UK regulators, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has released its response to the CMA's provisional findings (PF) to Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition. By William D'Angelo, posted on 16 March 2023 / 9,746 Views ![]()
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