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Machiavellian said:

Ryuu96 said:

Sony, Imo, won't accept anything, full stop, they won't even accept forever.

Sony straight up said in their complaint to CMA that it doesn't matter if CoD remains multiplatform because Microsoft can do incentives to make people switch to Xbox such as exclusive content, Game Pass would extend to that point too, I think what Sony ultimately wants is for either this deal to collapse or to block CoD on Game Pass and if regulators block CoD on Game Pass, then Microsoft is going to court.

Doesn't really matter if Sony doesn't accept the terms though or it shouldn't matter to any regulator doing their job correctly, it's if regulators think they're good enough. Also, any commitment that Phil makes is a commitment that Microsoft is making too, he isn't making these decisions alone, I don't think it would matter all too much if Phil ever left if Microsoft wants CoD to remain multiplatform.

I would believe that MS would also accept COD not on GP but such an agreement would be very limited in years.  I personally believe that COD is not important to MS the way Sony or the CMA believe and that MS real purpose is their push to get their content on as many of those billion mobile devices as possible.  I have said this before, I do not believe MS is in the console war anymore.  They have conceded to Sony and Nintendo on that front and are looking and working towards a much bigger prize.  When MS get their mobile store up and running, they would just put full COD there as a streaming game or something along those lines.  If COD is the sacrifice to get this deal done, I believe Phil is more than happen to do that deal.

I'm still curious how or what this "mobile store" will entail? MS bringing back Windows Phone? lol. Ngl, I loved the Windows Mobile OS! It felt like a breath of fresh air in the Android/iOS space and the keyboard was to this day the BEST digital keyboard I've ever experienced. There was just.......no apps

And I doubt Apple or Google will allow MS to run their own mobile stores on their platforms.