One of the great doubts generated as a result of the announcement of the purchase of Activision by microsoft is what will happen with sagas like Call of Duty, Diablo or Overwatch, especially with those that have also seen the light on platforms so far PlayStation.
As it happened after the purchase of Bethesda, microsoft He has tread carefully when it comes to throwing a blunt answer about his plans. Both in the press release and in the official posts they have spoken vaguely about what the agreement implies in terms of exclusivities.
What we know about the exclusivity of Activision Blizzard games
However, during the last bars of this bombshell with which we have officially inaugurated the 2022 of the video game, sources close to Bloomberg assure that the plans of microsoft they are going to be very much in line with what has been seen with previous acquisitions.
From the Anglo-Saxon environment it is ensured that microsoft plans to continue making games Activision for PlayStation, but which will also maintain part of the company’s new catalog such as xbox exclusive.
The strategy, most logical in both directions – both to take advantage of the pull of sagas and Call of Duty in PlayStationAs if to keep the letter of boosting Game Pass subscriptions beyond those recent 25 million subscribers with powerful exclusives, it will take a few months to finish settling. We will see if over time the plans remain the same.