When it was announced Xbox purchase of Activision Earlier this month there was a lot of speculation about what it could mean for COD users outside of Xbox. Although Xbox boss Phil Spencer has already confirmed the company’s intention to keep Call of Duty cross-platform at least until the purchase closes, there are still questions about the future. It will be very interesting to see cHow Microsoft’s purchase affects the Call of Duty franchise.
Xbox’s purchase of Activision will be finalized in 2023, which means fans have some time before any major changes take place. Even so, Microsoft has been very careful with the way it talks about this saga. It has been speculated that Call of Duty: Warzone will remain cross-platform, while future Call of Duty games will be Xbox exclusives. And it seems that these speculations are reaching the video game stores.
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This is the case of the French store chain Cora, which has decided to publish a warning to prospective PS5 buyers in their stores. The user @HazzadorGamin has shared and translated a photo of the warning via Twitter. It’s interesting to see how Xbox’s purchase of Activision can affect the video game industry on levels as basic as video game stores. Especially with the shortage of new generation consoles.
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or all gamers can afford multiple consoles, and if your favorite series becomes an exclusive, there may be tough decisions to be made. For now, Call of Duty fans will have to wait to see how this all plays out. And the same can be asked Bungie fans into the distant future now that Sony’s purchase has been announced.
Apparently some retail store across the globe have started putting up Notice for customers of Call of Duty.
*Translation – Notice to gamers, Microsoft has bought Activision! Choose your machine carefully #XboxActivisionBlizzard pic.twitter.com/P0RPU37uWL
— 🐉🎮HazzadorGamin, Dragon Of Dojima Gamin🎮🐉 (@HazzadorGamin) January 28, 2022