Microsoft claims it ‘simply wouldn’t be profitable’ to make Call of Duty Xbox exclusive

[Gizmo_Duck]

For people that still think Microsoft is gonna pull a fast one and stop releasing CoD on playstation the moment their contract is up.

In a document sent to Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) discussing the proposed acquisition, Microsoft claims that any concerns that Call of Duty would no longer appear on PlayStation are unfounded because it “would simply not be profitable” for Microsoft.

“Regardless of how unsurprising Sony‘s criticism of content exclusivity is – given that PlayStation’s entire strategy has been centred on exclusivity over the years – the reality is that the strategy of retaining Activision Blizzard’s games by not distributing them in rival console shops would simply not be profitable for Microsoft,” the company claims in the docs.

Such a strategy would be profitable only if Activision Blizzard’s games were able to attract a sufficiently large number of gamers to the Xbox console ecosystem, and if Microsoft could earn enough revenue from game sales to offset the losses from not distributing such games on rival consoles,” it adds.

“As if that weren’t enough, exclusivity strategies still result in title-specific costs,” it claims, giving further information that has been redacted from the document, likely due to confidentiality.

“Such costs, added to the lost sales estimated […] above, mean that Microsoft would not be able to offset the losses by earning higher revenues in the Xbox ecosystem as a result of implementing exclusivity.

This is what I’ve been saying, it would make zero business sense for Microsoft to remove half its annual buyers of the biggest franchise it has. People would not en masse jump to xbox for it, and xbox would make no money back offering it on gamepass only

 

[Leasy]

Well Microsoft stated that it won't be exclusive. This is a known fact already. You best believe the best version and perks will be Xbox however.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Well Microsoft stated that it won't be exclusive. This is a known fact already. You best believe the best version and perks will be Xbox however.

Call of duty players don’t care about “the best version” they don’t even care if the games are good

 

[Bubba T]

of course it wouldn’t be profitable if you put it on game pass day 1 and not put it on PlayStation

 

[Diondon]

Fair play for them getting MLB The Show

 

[Cladyclad]

If I was PlayStation I’ll let that game be exclusive on Xbox. It would kill that punk ass series

 

[Leasy]

If I was PlayStation I’ll let that game be exclusive on Xbox. It would kill that punk ass series

Nah. 360 won because of Duty. The damn game sell more than Sony exclusives even when the shyt is wack.

 

[Cladyclad]

Nah. 360 won because of Duty. The damn game sell more than Sony exclusives even when the shyt is wack.

Not anymore

God of War
uncharted
last of us
spiderman

all sell more on Playstation consoles than COD

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Nah. 360 won because of Duty. The damn game sell more than Sony exclusives even when the shyt is wack.

360 didn’t win anything though, it lost billions of dollars on RRoD and sitll sold less than playstation globally, and thats after playstation fumbled half the generation. The damn thing launched a year after xbox at 600 dollars and it still sold more in the end

 

[Leasy]

Not anymore

God of War
uncharted
last of us
spiderman

all sell more on Playstation consoles than COD

Black Ops sold 23 million
World War 2 sold 19 million
Free to play passes 100 million players
COD Vanguard was the worst and they never released the sales but I bet it was millions
Modern Warfare sold 30 million

Those are the most recent games and that's not counting add-ons etc... It is a reason Sony is panicking and with Xbox owning the series, Sony will not see the funds from before.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Black Ops sold 23 million
World War 2 sold 19 million
Free to play passes 100 million players
COD Vanguard was the worst and they never released the sales but I bet it was millions
Modern Warfare sold 30 million

Those are the most recent games and that's not counting add-ons etc... It is a reason Sony is panicking and with Xbox owning the series, Sony will not see the funds from before.

Those games sold like they did because they’re on playstation, you take them off and they sell a 3rd of what they did before. He’s right

 

[Cladyclad]

Black Ops sold 23 million
World War 2 sold 19 million
Free to play passes 100 million players
COD Vanguard was the worst and they never released the sales but I bet it was millions
Modern Warfare sold 30 million

Those are the most recent games and that's not counting add-ons etc... It is a reason Sony is panicking and with Xbox owning the series, Sony will not see the funds from before.

Yea wit Xbox and pc sales included. on PlayStation the games I mention sell more.

MS need COD on PlayStation
Playstation don’t need COD

 

[Leasy]

Yea wit Xbox and pc sales included. on PlayStation the games I mention sell more.

MS need COD on PlayStation
Playstation don’t need COD

PS don't need COD after they complained to Brazil legal officials. Just stop. Take that money away from Sony and they are struggling. Their exclusives are not comparable to COD bro. Stop it.

People are loyal to games not systems.

 

[Cladyclad]

Black Ops sold 23 million
World War 2 sold 19 million
Free to play passes 100 million players
COD Vanguard was the worst and they never released the sales but I bet it was millions
Modern Warfare sold 30 million

Those are the most recent games and that's not counting add-ons etc... It is a reason Sony is panicking and with Xbox owning the series, Sony will not see the funds from before.

Yea wit Xbox and pc sales included. on PlayStation the games I mention sell more.

MS need COD on PlayStation
Playstation don’t need COD

 

[Cladyclad]

PS don't need COD after they complained to Brazil legal officials. Just stop. Take that money away from Sony and they are struggling. Their exclusives are not comparable to COD bro. Stop it.

People are loyal to games not systems.

So COD is why Sony breaks all these records lol

man if Xbox don’t have Sony sales and micros. That deal is lost cause. It’s mad other shooters Sony can stand behind. MS ain’t trying to lose hundreds of millions from Sony. PlayStation will be fine without COD.

MS: COD not profitable if its exclusive

leasy: Sony would go bankrupt without COD