Microsoft president assures: Activision Blizzard games also in the future on PlayStation
After the bombshell news around Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard, one of the most burning questions of many fans was: Will Acitivison Blizzard games now be Xbox and PC exclusive? Microsoft's president Brad Smith now assured: No! Even according to existing agreements, they want to publish titles for the PlayStation.
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When Microsoft announced the takeover of Activision Blizzard for the incredible sum of almost 70 billion US dollars almost three weeks ago, the gaming world was initially speechless. One of the first questions that arose and led to many heated discussions was the exclusivity of upcoming Activision Blizzard games.
The official side was initially very vague: Xbox boss Phil Spencer initially only spoke about keeping existing agreements - but did not reveal what would happen after that. This was followed by the news that PlayStation will receive at least three more Call of Duty titles, but no word on other Activision Blizzard games.
Activision Blizzard games coming to PlayStation "even under existing agreements"
In a new blog post, Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft himself, now commented on the Activision Blizzard acquisition. In doing so, he quickly got to talking about the exclusivity issue and has news in store that should probably be a reason for many to cheer:
"To be clear, Microsoft will continue to publish Call of Duty and other popular Activision Blizzard titles for the PlayStation as long as there are existing agreements with Activision. And we're committed to Sony that we will continue to publish these titles on the PlayStation under existing agreements and into the future so Sony fans can continue to enjoy the games they love."
Later in the blog post, Smith emphasized that they have similar plans regarding Nintendo and the Switch, saying, "We are also interested in initiating similar moves to support Nintendo's successful platform. We believe this is the right thing to do for the industry, for gamers and for our business."
It's all a matter of profit
One thing to note about Smith's statements is that he's not specifically talking about all Activision-Blizzard games, and of course the agreement with Sony isn't likely to last for all eternity. Nevertheless, PlayStation fans can probably lean back with regard to the most important titles like Call of Duty, Overwatch or Diablo.
The fact that Smith or Microsoft, respectively, did not make this decision out of charity or good will, of course, is not only shown by the paragraph that this is the right thing to do for the company's business. Serving the enormous number of Activision Blizzard fans on the PlayStation should simply be more rewarding mathematically than luring them with exclusivity.
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