After months of authorized battles, Microsoft has lastly formally acquired Activision Blizzard, giving the Xbox console producer management over one of many greatest franchises in gaming: Call of Duty. According to the pinnacle of Xbox Phil Spencer, the FPS juggernaut will characteristic 100% parity on content material for Call of Duty on all platforms, claiming that “We don’t have any aim of someway utilizing Call of Duty to get you to purchase an Xbox console.”
Phil Spencer just lately made an look on the official Xbox Podcast, through which he mentioned the finalisation of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion. A substantial amount of the legalese surrounding the acquisition pertained to Call of Duty and the way its new possession might have an effect on the likes of Sony. According to Spencer:
“Players on PlayStation – and sooner or later on Nintendo – I would like you to really feel 100% part of the group. I don’t need you to really feel like there’s content material you’re lacking out, there’s skins you’re lacking out, there’s timing that you just’re lacking out on. That’s not the aim.”
He continued, “The aim is 100% parity throughout all platforms, as a lot as we will for launching content material. I say as a lot as we will on parity cuz clearly some platforms have decision and body price variations simply based mostly on [performance], however there’s nothing else – like we’ve got no aim of someway making an attempt to make use of Call of Duty to get you to purchase an Xbox console.”
Spencer concluded by saying: “I would like the Call of Duty nation to really feel supported throughout all platforms. We’ve been on the opposite aspect of a few of these skins and occasions – even this beta [for MWIII] it wasn’t on Xbox the primary week. I simply…I don’t assume that helps the group, I don’t assume that helps the sport and so it’s the main target that for those who’re a PlayStation participant, Nintendo Player, PC participant or an Xbox console participant I would like you to really feel like 100% a part of the Call of Duty nation.”
While a welcome assertion, it is going to be fascinating to see how future Call of Duty titles function with regards to together with a number of the PS5’s extra distinctive options such because the DualSense’s adaptive triggers and haptic suggestions. Currently COD video games help these console unique options. Hopefully they proceed to take action transferring ahead.
KitGuru says: What do you consider Phil’s assertion? Will PlayStation customers truly lose options for the sake of parity? Let us know your ideas down under.
