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In and amongst the chaos of Gamescom 2022, CEO of Microsoft Gaming and head of the Xbox brand Phil Spencer has sat down with Bloomberg to discuss the shrewd business decision that was Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard and the progress being made towards finalising the deal. Interestingly, despite concern from fans that popular Activision IPs – like the Call of Duty franchise – would be Xbox exclusives in the future, Spencer has confirmed that this isn’t going to be the case and explained that he believes we’re going to be seeing fewer games release as console exclusives in the future. In this video Dreamcastguy reacts to the news and measures his thoughts on the balance of xbox series X vs PlayStation 5 and how Nintendo Switch measures up in this world of big console exclusive games like God of War Ragnarok and Halo.
As per the Bloomberg interview, alongside the pledge that Call of Duty games will still be available on PlayStation consoles (at least for the time being), Spencer has shared that he believes “the idea of games made exclusively for one device is something we’re just going to see less and less of” going forward.
“Maybe you happen, in your household, to buy and Xbox and I buy a PlayStation… and [our kids can’t play together] because we bought the wrong piece of plastic to plug into our television”, Spencer explains, using this rather reductive situation to explain why console exclusivity isn’t something the industry should be continually moving towards.
“We really love to be able to bring more players in… Reducing friction, making people feel safe, secure, when they’re playing… Allowing them to find their friends, play with their friends, regardless of what device. I think in the long run, that is good for this industry.”