| gtotheunit91 said: And this is just the start!
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Also not in discussions with Sony.
Microsoft president @BradSmi tells @WSJ that Microsoft isn't currently in discussions with Sony for a Call of Duty deal. Microsoft is also preparing similar 10-year Call of Duty deals with other companies in the coming weeks 🤔https://t.co/1Fvi4A6oSu
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) March 14, 2023
Ultimately it doesn't mean much aside from that either Sony isn't willing to negotiate (still) or Microsoft has decided to give up wasting their time with Sony and instead opt to negotiate only with regulators (and other companies). Either way Sony will get CoD because Microsoft isn't taking CoD off PlayStation, contract or no contract.
As for the "similar" 10 year Call of Duty deals...
- Amazon? Possible but Microsoft/Amazon are in fierce competition with each other so it'd be an unlikely and surprising agreement.
- Google? Nope, out of the market.
- Epic Game Store? This makes the most sense to me, it would come at next to zero effort to put CoD onto Epic Game Store.
- Tencent? Maaaaybe but I'm not sure it'd matter much since I don't think their Cloud Service is available outside of China and China looks to approve either way.
Anyone else?
Suppose another Boosteroid could happen, a company which barely anyone knows about, Lol.
