Our desire is to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation - Phil Spencer

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We've been through this 100 times now. His comment isn't what your title infers.

It means existing Call of Duty games won't be taken off PlayStation. We already figured that.
 
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What about Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2? Probably the only game blizzard will release this gen.

Call of Duty remains until when? End of gen?

Really vague trying to be nice.
 
If they only allowed warzone on playstation, it's still call of duty...

I'm just being playful, before anyone gets their panties in twist
 
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Lol. He specifically says 'our desire' That is code for 'Yes, Sony will get Call of Duty on Playstation as long as they let us put Gamepass on there."

And keeping Warzone on Playstation would also satisfy that statement. Show me a statement where he says "new iterations in the CoD franchise will come to PS5 available for purchase without needing gamepass" and that will be a real statement.
 
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Mudleading title and Still not 100% convinced. They could still keep call of duty on PlayStation by leaving warzone on it and the statement would still be factually correct. Yes they will honor commitments but I think beyond that mainline games will only be on xbox pc gamepass.

I could be completely wrong obviously.
 
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He doesn't say what the title says. He says they'll honor all existing agreement and DESIRE to keep Call of Duty on PS.

Spencer and MS have been clear in how that works. Gamepass ecosystem available on your platform. He's said that in a few interviews.
 
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Kacho said:
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All he said is they will honor contracts, and they desire to keep it on PS. It supports the thread title in the short term, but no one is questioning the short term. Its after those contracts expire that are a question, and desire to stay is not anywhere close to saying they will stay. It just means if Sony accepts their deal, whatever that might be, they want to stay.
 
All existing agreements. So the next CoD game. You cant force a company to put their games on other platforms. Otherwise, Google wouldve started suing Playstation because they wouldnt put Spiderman on Stadia.

Also, he will force them to put Gamepass on PSN before he allows CoD on there. As he should. Otherwise, it's a gigantic waste of $70 billion.
 
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I predict CoD will remain multiplatform at least for the remainder of the PS5 and XSS/X lifecycles, probably beyond.

It will be fun to revisit this thread in a few years.
 
Still leaves a lot of wiggle room for them to make future installments exclusive.

But I believe Spencer, that man always has a consistent message that in no way conflicts heavily with previous statements made by him. Always.
 
Well, they have a desire to keep COD on Playstation...Via GamePass that Sony just doesn't allow :messenger_tears_of_joy: (well they can allow browsers at least)

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This guy picks his words right. A true politician
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I am always amazed how he talks. It is like Godd Howard - he says something, you believe him but then find out that he did not say anything
 
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Well he's definitely referring to Warzone.

If he also means the individual releases I strongly doubt that'll come with Sony retaining marketing rights, exclusive content deals, and probably even getting them Day 1 let alone ever getting them in Spartacus. But still releasing them on PlayStation for $70? That is within realm of possibility for sure.
 
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title doesn't match what he says though
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He says to have the desire to maintain COD on PlayStation. But of course he won't. And more importantly: even in the best case I expect a rush port with notable lower resolution. It won't end well from every perspective for Sony fans.
 
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He says to have the desire to maintain COD on PlayStation. But of course he won't.
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Indeed. It is literally - we want, but we can't :messenger_tears_of_joy: If it were before Bethesda acquisition, people would fall for it and we would have huge debates about it. But now we can expect XBOX EXCLUSIVE on some reveal in the future :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
MS is way more open with their IPs than Sony, so yeah I believe they might keep some more important titles on Playstation.
But it doesn't change the fact that MS has Sony by the balls with this acquisition, if 3 years from now MS decides that Sony ain't getting the next CoD, they have the power to do so.
 
I do wonder how the marketing rights deal affects things. How long does Sony have those for? Is there an implied agreement that CoD titles would release on Playstation for the duration of the marketing deal?
 
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Indeed. It is literally - we want, but we can't :messenger_tears_of_joy: If it were before Bethesda acquisition, people would fall for it and we would have huge debates about it. But now we can expect XBOX EXCLUSIVE on some reveal in the future :messenger_tears_of_joy:
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I think they not want neither
 
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I double dog dare them to pull future installment from ps , according to gaf the game reaks and has been on the decline anyway (not that i would know) but if you really want to kill it off this is the best way, i say go for it money and toilet paper both flush the same 👍
 
I believe him GAF

They will have analyzed the whole situation and went the path for the most growth. That is how companies operate.

Microsoft has just become one of the biggest publishers for Playstation and that's not an easy door to close. There will be other ways to push the xbox brand, and I am sure they will do that too.
 
Hopefully Sony feel the same way about Street Fighter, Final Fantasy and KOTOR. It's wrong to take existing franchises from other platforms after all.
 
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When PlayStation is the Sugar daddy providing the money for your franchises and you have no choice but to be the receiving Sugar baby.

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TLZ said:
This guy picks his words right. A true politician.
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lol yep.

We will honor existing contracts = CoD 2022 marketing deal. 2023 and beyond? No Contract no CoD.
Our desire to keep CoD on Playstation = If they let us put gamepass on Playstation.

Also, I read that he has to say these things before the deal is finalized or he could get in trouble for violating anti-trust laws. After the deal goes through, it's his company and he can do whatever he wants. Thats why he had to play coy with Bethesda.
 
Why couldn't he have just ended it with the part about contractual obligations? Now people are going to go mad with speculation with that last bit
 
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Nobody ever thought they were gonna pull existing ones from sale or kill their servers. But he's so transparent the way he carefully words his statements to make it sound like future COD games will also come to PlayStation. Which they won't, unless Sony agrees to let MS put Gamepass on PS5 and compete directly with PS+. Which they won't.
 
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