Rumour: Microsoft in frame to buy Activision majority share

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richardhutnik said:

kain_kusanagi said:

richardhutnik said:

Microsoft makes software for the Mac.   The likes of Call of Duty and other titles could stay multiplatform.

If MS bought Activision, yes COD would be available on other platforms than Xbox, but not other consoles. MS would be happy to sell Activision's games to PC and Mac users, but not on Nintendo and Sony consoles. MS wants to own the living room so they would never alows anything they own to boslter the competition's library.

I would beg to differ here.  Microsoft used developing for the Mac as a way to get specs and info on the Mac.  I see them still releasing a few top multiplatform titles across them, so they have access to the dev kids, and be on the inside loop as to what the competitors are doing.  If a competitor is coming out with a console, owning a top third part on the system would be a competitive advantage.  Now, they could still get all the advantages of early releases for map packs and expansions.  What they would want to avoid is having yet another title take the place of what Activision has in Call of Duty.  Go exclusive and another third party title will rise.

With all due respect that does not make any sense. The short term advantage of gaining access to information from dev kits would be completely blown out of the water by the advantage of taking away one of the biggest 3rd party developers from Sony. If MS bought Activision it would be business as usual at all the Activision developers, save one thing, no more Sony or Nintendo ports.