If I were a publisher and Microsoft tried to force parity on me, I'd call their bluff, personally. No way Microsoft is going to lose CoD over a fight about parity. Losing CoD would hurt Microsoft a lot more than it would hurt Activision, and would help Sony considerably. Activision would probably suffer very little. This applies to any major 3rd party. So in any case where a company "strives for parity" I think it's likely just a decision on the company's part because they think it'll benefit them, not Microsoft making demands.







