"Gamers are incredibly passionate" because of the nature of the experience. Mentions that in connection with not wanting a revolt of gamers by removing a title from a platform.
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) June 28, 2023
🧵8/X
Judge Corley asked whether someone with an Android phone can play CoD with someone using an iPhone.
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) June 28, 2023
Answer was obviously yes.
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Would you ever want to take it exclusive?
— Michael Acton (@MActon93) June 28, 2023
No
We have 100 million monthly active players, half of them play on phones, rest on various consoles.
"You would have a revolt if you were to remove the game from one platform."
COD Warzone - "That’s a very important part of how the business has evolved" – realized the way you build big communities of players is to make the game free.
— Michael Acton (@MActon93) June 28, 2023
Player investment is in-game monetization. But they don't necessarily have to spend anything.
Bobby Kotick estimates the percentage of Call of Duty players for each platform
— JayWood2010 (@Jaywood2010) June 28, 2023
Bulk is on Mobile
20% PC
15% PlayStation
8% Xbox
Interestingly enough, The FTC doesn't want to include PC in their market definition 🤔 pic.twitter.com/tscrLB8CtO