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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Sony accidentally revealed how much money Call of Duty is worth to PlayStation.

We knew it was over a billion dollars, but PlayStation boss Jim Ryan’s unredacted letter suggests CoD represented $800 million in PlayStation revenue in the United States alone, and — I think that says $1.5 billion, right? — worldwide. (That’s in 2021 specifically.)

Those players represent way more money to Sony than that, though: Ryan says CoD players spend (what looks to me like) $15.9 billion per year, on average, on everything else they buy.

Then again, some PlayStation gamers play nothing but CoD, we just learned.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/23768244/ftc-microsoft-activision-blizzard-case-news-announcements

 

[FoxMcChief]

Oops

 

[ulantan]

This is why you would foreclose CoD this right here it would be incredibly destructive to your competition.

 

[AlexxKidd]

You forgot to add, "in 2021". That's a single year. Your title has no context without it.

 

[Wooxsvan]

 

[abacab driver]

Wow.

 

[blacktout]

These bungled redactions are my new favorite subplot of the FTC drama.

 

[Kvally]

Yikes. That's a bit much.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

You forgot to add, "in 2021". That's a single year. Your title has no context without it.

Oops. How do I ping the mods to add "in 2021" to the title?

EviLore DGrayson pls help

 

[NEbeast]

So MS making this exclusive is a step towards "killing playstation". People have said they make big money from COD but this is more than I expected.

 

[mrmustard]

The redacting guy deserves a raise.

 

[mrmustard]

So MS making this exclusive is a step towards "killing playstation". People have said they make big money from COD but this is more than I expected.

It's a lot, but i think they also spend a lot on the deals and the marketing. Too bad, those numbers weren't included.

 

[NickFire]

I can easily believe this. It sells a ton of copies at full price, plus has sales on occasion. Then there is a battle pass. And on top of that premium stuff outside the battle pass, like Snoop in Vanguard. You wouldn't believe how many Snoops were running around at one point.

 

[Thirty7ven]

But MS totally won’t do it because Wrath of Ze Gamerz

 

[Puscifer]

You forgot to add, "in 2021". That's a single year. Your title has no context without it.

I dunno man, I would think it's similar. Sony is fighting to keep COD for a reason and we found it because holy shit, these numbers would devastate their business easily.

 

[Cyborg]

This proves MS has a lot to gain and market has a lot to lose.

 

[Tripolygon]

But why would Microsoft be interested in making COD exclusive?

 

[Saber]

Thats a fucking lot lol

 

[Denton]

Disgusting

 

[Darsxx82]

So MS making this exclusive is a step towards "killing playstation". People have said they make big money from COD but this is more than I expected.

Or the most revealing proof that MS is not interested in making exclusive COD because financially it does not make sense and that is why he has stated that he will continue to launch COD on PS5 and also on Switch. This can have different approaches.....

The reality is that ALL regulators (including the CMA) have opted for this approach and that is why they have denied a possible console harm.

 

[mrmustard]

But why would Microsoft be interested in making COD exclusive?

They wouldn't, but i would hurt Sony a lot if they didn't have the marketing rights and if it was on Game Pass.

 

[ulantan]

Or the most revealing proof that MS is not interested in making exclusive COD because financially it does not make sense and that is why he has stated that he will continue to launch COD on PS5 and also on Switch. This can have different approaches.....

The reality is that ALL regulators (including the CMA) have opted for this approach and that is why they have denied a possible console harm.

Why do that when you can dominate?

 

[Sanepar]

Yeah but someone will fill this void lol...

 

[Darsxx82]

Why do that when you can dominate?

Why getting more benefits is more interesting than losing ton of money?
Not to mention that with this you do not risk devaluing the potential of the COD IP, that many users bet on other competing options ....

 

[ulantan]

Why getting more benefits is more interesting than losing ton of money?

You would still get that money the playerbase isn't just gonna stop playing CoD and the damage you'd do would be well worth the short term loss as people move over.

 

[Thirty7ven]

So MS making this exclusive is a step towards "killing playstation". People have said they make big money from COD but this is more than I expected.

It’s not just PlayStation, Xbox also makes a lot of money from COD. Without it, Xbox would get Dreamcasted.

The downplaying of COD’s importance in the market is clown shoes.

 

[Pelta88]

So COD could fund 4 AAA PS Exclusives per year?

Interesting.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

How dare they run a good business. Sanyo, repent!

 

[Robb]

Oof, that’s a lot.

I can understand why Sony has been shaking uncontrollably ever since the acquisition news.

 

[NickFire]

So COD could fund 4 AAA PS Exclusives per year?

Interesting.

Not sure we can make that jump. The numbers at issue are pure revenue (not profits), right?

 

[VAVA Mk2]

1 million bros play just CoD on Playstation....oof

 

[Fake]

Thats fucking high. Damn... USA alone. Imagine others countries.

 

[Darsxx82]

You would still get that money the playerbase isn't just gonna stop playing CoD and the damage you'd do would be well worth the short term loss as people move over.

According to all the analyses shown (including by the FTC), an exclusive COD would only be reflected in a maximum 5.5% of PS users who would move to Xbox.

As I said in my edit. MS run the risk of devaluing the IP of CD and that many users of COD on PS bet on competing FPS games... Therefore, exclusivity can have many more detriments for MS than keeping it multi-platform. As I said, this is how all regulators including the CMA have understood it.

 

[Heisenberg007]

That's a lot of money.

Moreover, $15.9 billion from people who played COD worldwide? That's even more important in the grand scheme of things. Because if those people switched platforms, they won't just be taking $800 million. They will also be taking their other non-COD spending away from PlayStation.

 

[T0minator]

But why would Microsoft be interested in making COD exclusive?

For the switch in shares

 

[NEbeast]

Or the most revealing proof that MS is not interested in making exclusive COD because financially it does not make sense and that is why he has stated that he will continue to launch COD on PS5 and also on Switch. This can have different approaches.....

The reality is that ALL regulators (including the CMA) have opted for this approach and that is why they have denied a possible console harm.

So why not just offer Jim parity and be done with this nonesense?

 

[Corndog]

So MS making this exclusive is a step towards "killing playstation". People have said they make big money from COD but this is more than I expected.

Sony said it wouldn’t.

 

[Corndog]

That's a lot of money.

Moreover, $15.9 billion from people who played COD worldwide? That's even more important in the grand scheme of things. Because if those people switched platforms, they won't just be taking $800 million. They will also be taking their other non-COD spending away from PlayStation.

Kind of like taking FF away from Xbox.

 

[Darsxx82]

So why not just offer Jim parity and be done with this nonesense?

Because JIm has said no and just wants (for today email) that all Activision and Bethesda games are released on PS5, parity in quality, date and content, that those games are not released on gamepass and that they even share marketing ..... Tha is, he just want the adquisition blocked

 

[Heisenberg007]

Kind of like taking FF away from Xbox.

Who did?

Did you read what SquareEnix told us?

SquareEnix reached out to Microsoft regarding Final Fantasy. Microsoft made SE an inadequate offer, which did not even include any development support. Sony's offer had development support.

That was a key thing for SquareEnix, and SE decided to go with PlayStation.

Maybe Microsoft should have offered technical support to SquareEnix if FF was important for them?

 

[SEGA_2012]

That's a lot of Dudebros!

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Holy fuck. No wonder they’re so desperate to get it shut down. This really is just out of fear that MS will take away Sonys free meal ticket

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

accidentally or 'accidentally'?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Kind of like taking FF away from Xbox.

Xbox took FF away from Xbox.

 

[Sub_Level]

Playstation has been my Call of Duty + Weebshit combo machine for years. There’s usually nothing else worth playing on it besides those two things.

 

[NEbeast]

Because JIm has said no and just wants (for today email) that all Activision and Bethesda games are released on PS5, parity in quality, date and content, that those games are not released on gamepass and that they even share marketing ..... Tha is, he just want the adquisition blocked.

You need to stop listening to colt and the crew.

 

[Pedro Motta]

And now magine how much money Playstation is making to Activition. No wonder Bobby doesn't like the MS deal or Gamepass.

 

[poppabk]

So MS making this exclusive is a step towards "killing playstation". People have said they make big money from COD but this is more than I expected.

But MS would be making approx 4 times this. So $3.2 billion per year just in the US, just from Playstation players.

 

[Gojiira]

Who did?

Did you read what SquareEnix told us?

SquareEnix reached out to Microsoft regarding Final Fantasy. Microsoft made SE an inadequate offer, which did not even include any development support. Sony's offer had development support.

That was a key thing for SquareEnix, and SE decided to go with PlayStation.

Maybe Microsoft should have offered technical support to SquareEnix if FF was important for them?

This is the reason a lot of devs go to Sony, people forget thats the exact reason Ghostwire and Deathloop were exclusive and why Starfield was going to be, BETHESDA reached out to Sony and Sony made the better offer…

 

[Darsxx82]

You need to stop listening to colt and the crew.

I do not know who they are, but it is clear that you are very aware of what they say ....