The discussion in the game industry these two days will never be separated from the news that Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard the day before (January 18). TGA host Jeff Kiri is also paying special attention to this. Today (Jan. 20) he launched a vote on Twitter, asking gamers and people in the gaming industry: "Do you think the Call of Duty series will become an Xbox console exclusive game?" ”
There are three options, "Yes," "No," and "I Don't Care." After participating in the voting, you can see the current results of the voting. Of these, 38.8 percent of the voters voted "yes," 35.1 percent said they wouldn't, and the remaining 26.1 percent said they didn't care.
For many, Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard was a bombshell in the "console wars." One netizen said they wouldn't have spent $68 billion if it hadn't been for Activision's highest-selling Call of Duty franchise. He believes that perhaps the current Call of Duty title will continue to be released on all platforms, but future new works will only land on Xbox consoles, PCs and Xbox cloud gaming services.
But one netizen raised an opposing point of view, asking: "Do you think they (Microsoft) will spend 70 billion (US dollars) to devalue Activision?" Without PS platform revenue, Activision wouldn't be worth $70 billion. Why buy the biggest game IP like Call of Duty and then devalue it? This is not reasonable. ”
Some people in the game industry also take a negative attitude towards this. Moy Parra, for example, chief animator of Aepx Heroes Developer Rebirth Studios, replied that this would not happen.
This is still being hotly discussed on the Internet. But Microsoft, as the source of everything, remains silent about this. Xbox President Phil Spencer has previously stated that "the acquisition was not intended to isolate the PS console player community"; but it should also be considered that after Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda, Bethesda's new work "Starry Sky" has been announced as an exclusive work on Microsoft platforms (including PCs).
Xiaobian thinks this will not happen, but no one predicted Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, what kind of impact will this milestone in the history of the game have on the industry? What do you think, will Call of Duty become exclusive to Xbox?