After loads of courtroom drama, Microsoft final week introduced it had formally acquired Activision Blizzard in addition to cellular large King. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has now appeared on the Official Xbox Podcast to debate the acquisition and Call of Duty has as soon as once more come up in dialog.
Phil took a second to make clear gamers on all platforms will likely be a part of the “Call of Duty nation” going ahead and that Xbox wouldn’t be locking sure unique content material to its personal platforms. It additionally strives for parity when it comes to the “launch and content material” throughout all programs:
“For Call of Duty gamers on PlayStation, and sooner or later, on Nintendo, I need you to really feel 100% a part of the neighborhood, I do not need you to really feel like there’s content material you are lacking out, there’s skins you are lacking out, there’s timing that you just’re lacking out on, that is not the purpose, the purpose is 100% parity throughout all platforms as a lot as we are able to for launch and content material.
“I say as a lot as we are able to on parity as a result of clearly, some platforms have decision and body charge variations simply primarily based on efficiency, however there’s nothing else, we have now no purpose of by some means attempting to make use of Call of Duty to get you to purchase an Xbox console. So I need the Call of Duty nation to really feel supported throughout all platforms.”
Spencer went on to say how Xbox has clearly been restricted from sure Call of Duty content material (and even betas) up to now, and admits it does not assist the neighborhood or recreation:
“We’ve been on the opposite aspect of a few of these skins and occasions, even this beta wasn’t on Xbox the primary week, I simply, I do not assume that helps the neighborhood, I do not assume that helps the sport…in case you’re a Nintendo participant… I need you to really feel like 100% a part of the Call of Duty Nation.”
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