Xbox Destroys PlayStation's Call of Duty Arguments

[@DestinL]

Microsoft has responded to Sony's Call of Duty fears and systematically called out their inconsistent stance on the matter, pointing out Sony's own set of exclusives. How did you feel about MS's response? Let me know. Also, please consider subscribing kzbin.info Full Episode Available now to Members - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH2niYyppbajh68 Become a Member here kzbin.info/door/gUOWrjLEhmHE9tqYtoeS_gjoin/join

[@tariqs4357]

SONY GOT CAUGHT REDHANDED BEING A DIRTBAG, NO EXCUSES! SPIN TRANSLATES TO B.S.

[@infuriousone5225]

Wrong Destin Microsoft actually leaves Exclusiveness of Call of Duty a open matter. Subject to profitability issues. If you read Microsoft statement correctly!! Microsoft said it would not be profitable(AT THE MOMENT, B TWEEN LINES)to make COD exclusive. Well doesn't that mean if the day ever comes that making Call of Duty exclusive IT WILL HAPPEN!! COD exclusive issues will be made from a business profitability stand point AND not Fanbabyboyness!! Is actually a MORE accurate translation of what Microsoft said Destin!!

[@tariqs4357]

@@infuriousone5225 DEFLECTION??? WE CAN ALL LOOK AT THE PAPERWORK, U CAN'T MAKE SHIT💩 LOOK GOOD NO MATTER HOW HARD U TRY. SONY CAUGHT RED-HANDED!!! BLAMING DESTIN CAN'T HELP U .

[@firefoxriouyh6541]

Like Sony attempting get Square Enix and eventually blocked Xbox from getting final fantasy games. Especially ff7 remake series. Eventually would block Nintendo as well

[@infuriousone5225]

If you read Microsoft statement correctly. Microsoft actually stated that Call of Duty exclusiveness will be based on business and Profitability issues. THAT'S what Microsoft said. NOT Call of Duty will ALWAYS be on PlayStation. AND this out right hating and Hypocrisy coming from Sony may warrant a Spanking for Sony from Microsoft. Think about it Destin. Microsoft could put all Call of Duty Games on PC and Nintendo and keep Call of Duty off PlayStation!!!

[@sternritternovad]

Sony : Gamepass isn't sustainable (Sony blocks games from going to Gamepass) Sony : $70 games are necessary for quality (Gamepass' affordable business model is a threat to full price game price) Sony : We believe in exclusives and generations. (Call of Duty becoming exclusive is a threat to our business) Hypocrisy 101 with Playstation and Sony

[@SadBoy-bq5rf]

The 10$ game price increase was nothing more than a tax for not allowing the games day one on gamepass 🤦

[@darthtleilaxu4021]

Facts!

[@2robjenkins]

That whole community is full of egotistical hypocrites.

[@Diddy69God]

Imagine paying to keep games off xbox and gamepass, instead of paying to add games to ps now.

[@1363Max]

Enough said 👌

[@Youknowziara]

Something I don’t understand is they don’t want Microsoft to have activision as an exclusive but PlayStation isn’t open to cross play

[@RavagHer]

oh they open to it, so long as u pay them to allow it

[@ryanlewis4556]

They don't like cross-play because they wanted Xbox/PC players to buy a PlayStation in order to play with their friends who own a PlayStation.

[@davidempey8980]

because sony wants.. pretty much to force people to buy there games and consoles. sony is very used to being the leading top dog with all the games and exclusives and aren't used to having real opposition like what xbox is doing. sony wants to stay number one and not have competition or put in real effort.

[@zachl2404]

Seems pretty straightforward. Sony is only concerned about peoples choice of console and have no problem doing what they need to entice users to buy a PlayStation and buy into their “premium” platform with $70 games.

[@Bee_Mavrick]

@@davidempey8980 its choice not force. I have yet to be forced to buy anything from sony or ps.

[@Canady182]

I am so glad more people are starting to wake up to Sony's draconian business practices. They were never "For the Players" and they are, by their own admission, barely even for their own developers. I just wish major media outlets were talking more about it.

[@rtek3000]

You are so right it’s time for Sony and Nintendo to stop catering to only there fan base.

[@lisahenrion7129]

When are people gonna notice that heavy microtransaction MS games coming in pieces is way less consumer friendly than a straight forward full package full price game, people are so dense... think about your kids that MS and so many other compagnies want to train to spend on microtransactions, such a predatory practice

[@MrSwitchblade327]

@@lisahenrion7129 good luck talking sense into any of these idiots. It's useless because they lack the mental capacity

[@notchunglingsu7014]

@@rtek3000 Leave Nintendo out of this dummy. They have nothing to do with these people.

[@rtek3000]

@@notchunglingsu7014 that was very rude

[@vegangames3468]

Sony will say just about anything. Desperation. Oh dear.

[@kitajecafrica5814]

Sony's reputation got crushed by their own wish 😅

[@YellowBoltTC]

Sony is failing this generation so hard

[@theMaster...]

You can see where the Sony Fanboys get their entitled attitude from...

[@booshter9714]

Sounds like Microsoft are putting themselves in the position to not only expose Sony's draconian practices but to pull all Playstation CoD contractual agreements with support from most of the community.

[@Diddy69God]

It’s crazy that Phil Spencer is gonna keep cod on ps then this happens. I hope cod becomes xbox/pc exclusive now.

[@JDisclmd]

@@Diddy69God pathetic fanboy lol

[@adrianhosein7698]

Contractually Microsoft cannot do that.

[@michaelnight9162]

@@Diddy69God you can bet that will be the case in the future, the next 3 games will be on PlayStation with Sony having exclusive advertising rights. I’m sure Microsoft was willing to let them keep it on PlayStation, not so sure about that now.

[@karosso1975]

Sony is scared for sure, there's no way to know how much this will affect them. 😂😂😂 why is it that you can never get any real numbers when MS talks games? Blank, blank, blank.

[@quintingreyling2571]

Thankfully Brazil promotes transparency. Very insightful in the shady practices Sony employed and still employs to be the market leader... "For the gamers (on our platform)"

[@megazine]

Sony failed to innovate in software and services and its traditional business model came back to bite them. They are now trying to use the legal system to keep the gaming space the same to help their backbone. If this deal goes through, Sony will need to radically shift their strategy.

[@JDisclmd]

nothing innovative about xbox lmao

[@Diddy69God]

The deal is going through sony cant stop it.

[@Rafikiuh]

@@JDisclmd cope harder

[@JDisclmd]

@@Rafikiuh hmm name me the things that Xbox has innovative? Other than spending 77b to have more games available than the competition but a 5 year old can figure that out

[@Rafikiuh]

@@JDisclmd 1. Xbox Live (Sony copied it) 2. Achievements (Sony and even Steam copied them) 3. Game Pass (Sony is currently copying it) Bonus: - Sony copied the N64 analog stick by adding two of them to PS1 later - Sony copied the Wii remote with PS Move - Sony copied Smash Bros with the release of PS Stars Battle Royale Touchè

[@BigCreepySleepy]

I haven’t trusted Sony since the PS2 era with $30 memory cards. The End

[@digitalbathrx4529]

It doesn’t bother me that you do t trust Sony. But I would like to point out the $220 “memory cards” on Series X now.. what’s the difference? Lmao

[@jasonmax5758]

how about the more then $100 xbox controller??

[@digitalbathrx4529]

@Gaming Playroom The point isn’t whether the memory cards were bad or not. Of course it was a terrible setup. But that was 20 years ago. Point is it’s 2022 and a brand new console is still sticking you with proprietary storage devices. SSD prices go down regularly. So at some point an additional PS5 SSD will be much cheaper than a proprietary storage drive. Both corporations make terrible decisions. And they are usually designed with one goal in mind. Money. So don’t trust any of them. They just go about it using different strategies.

[@michaelhuff3653]

Sony got a little too cute with all of their timed exclusives. The actually forgot that they were messing with the largest company in the world

[@bountyhunter7546]

lmfao

[@ApeOfMyIdeal]

Essentially; anything which threatens Sony's preeminence in the console space is "unfair", while anything Sony can (and does) do to maintain that position, is just the maintenance of the "natural order" of things. What grabs me is that Sony are basically trying to turn their fears that the Activision acquisition means they'll essentially never be able to compete with GamePass in the subscription/services space into an argument against innovation and democratisation of games provision. Sony wants the Brazilian regulator to maintain the status quo in as much as it can, a status quo which sees Sony as the dominant gaming platform largely en foot of its pursuit of an extremely aggressive first and third party exclusivity strategy. What may be an unintended outcome of the argumentation Sony has pursued here might be the whole issue of paying to ring-fence third party content from a competitor, particularly where the intent is expressly to prevent growth of a competing platform, coming under scrutiny... Microsoft's lawyers calling such attention to the hypocrisy in that regard was extremely clever, and it'll be interesting to see if the judgement of the Brazilian authority references this. All in all, huge own goal for Sony. Its readily apparent this is all about protecting their own dominant market position by actually trying to prevent a competitor from innovating and finding novel solutions to challenging that dominance.

[@garfunkle5447]

Great points. And we are also only hearing from Brazil because of their transparency. How many other countries has Sony brought their issues about the acquisition too. You can image every country involved.

[@Jpilgrim30]

Great breakdown of the situation. Sony’s hypocrisy here isn’t surprising. I hope legislators give them a good paddling in their response.

[@MrSwitchblade327]

Yet Microsoft is the only one that makes news statements like unfair or anti consumer multiple times a year because he knows his braindead followers will believe it and rant instead of asking why there's no games releasing on their precious ecosystem of power for the next year and a half. Face it you were conned into buying an expensive box that literally forces you to subscribe to a paid monthly subscription streaming service to even freaking use it. Never to own anything

[@y3l10wflash6]

What's crazy is ramping up Xbox bringing Mods to Consoles, making Legal Emulation, removing issues fans don't like, etc

[@LoneWolfGamer06]

I really enjoyed the exclusives when I had a PS4 but damn Sony is such a greedy company. I'm so glad I switched back Xbox after having a 360 before the PS4. I now have & enjoy an Xbox Series X

[@mikekirby2085]

It really did seem like MS just kind of got tired of the games and dropped the nice guy facade. Especially because its all pointing out that Sony has been doing the very things they bring up against Microsoft. Then pointing out that their own company statements and messages contradict their complaints about MS.

[@AJJJ-co2vd]

What's funny is Sonys attorneys probably know their argument is not going to hold up in court. Sony doesn't have a leg to stand on if the games are not exclusive

[@custodyin]

Sony is scared that they are going to end up having to provide better value to their customers. Spooky stuff.

[@garfunkle5447]

@snkrules your so right. Resistance is another they can revive.

[@Stormbless3d]

@snkrules please be SOCOM 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@QuietRiot-ci5du]

Let's talk about how Xcloud keeps performing better every few weeks. Sony has way more to fear because of game streaming built into Samsung tvs. Even with my sh!tty internet connection, I've been able to jump right into a game instantly with Cloud ready to play. Gamepass is the sh!t!

[@3Rayfire]

Isn't Sony contracting with Microsoft for Cloud services?

[@TylerMarkRichardson]

@@3Rayfire sony pays for azure cloud services from Microsoft

[@lordxboss5700]

Sony can see Microsoft is finally showing a real interest in their XBOX division after 20yrs of minimal support. Microsofts been watching Sony buying studios and throwing exclusivity money around the industry for decades and now Microsoft is doing some of their own Flexing and Sony is terrified.

[@bobbobberson5897]

About time people are seeing Sony for what they truly are

[@DarthAscension]

And you think MS is any better? Lol it's about money plain and simple.

[@bobbobberson5897]

@@DarthAscension of course and yea I do, Sony has been anti consumer for way too long

[@TheDayMang]

@@DarthAscension SIE's lack of backward compatibility (going back to the fat PS3) versus Xbox BC is no competition, and at no cost if the person has a physical copy of the BC game

[@DarthAscension]

@@TheDayMang so you gunna mention Nintendo, and all the pc game that don't run properly on win 11 and such? It's an issue for everyone and but I do admit Xbox does it right on series X.

[@jesserogalski1402]

Sony turns into a pathetic little runt when faced with real competition. They're pathetic.

[@bountyhunter7546]

lmfao u got jokes

[@jesserogalski1402]

@@bountyhunter7546 Do I though? Or am I just speaking the truth

[@bountyhunter7546]

@@jesserogalski1402 no u just got jokes

[@jesserogalski1402]

@@bountyhunter7546 cool

[@Mr.Badoogle]

Battlefield could DEFINITELY compete with CoD. Only if EA knew how to run the team behind it.

[@jesserogalski1402]

It sounds like Respawn is going to have a big hand in future Battlefield titles going forward. At least for a while. DICE have proven themselves incompetent.

[@Mr.Badoogle]

@@jesserogalski1402 sounds good but idk. They might be spreading themselves too then. They have to keep apex alive, and make star wars, and I think they have another FPS.

[@PrayToChrist]

Battlefield never competed with cod cod massively outsells and outperforms battlefield since the beginning

[@jesserogalski1402]

@@Mr.Badoogle It's more like a producer and assistance role. Sounds like their creative types are going to be directing the next project. They definitely have a lot on their plate as is, but doable. Look at a dev like Obsidian. They are about a 30% smaller than Respawn and are currently either developing or working on at least four separate projects, and assisting inXile on whatever their new RPG is. It's all about proper management.

[@Mr.Badoogle]

@@jesserogalski1402 you're definitely right. Didn't think of it like that.

[@Ivorys_slushie]

The playstations user shouldnt be scared of microsoft removing CoD from Playstation, they need to be scared of sony doing that themselves

[@AnastasiaLUVSU]

Sony is terrified. They have no say. Once them contracts are up they dont have to give sony shit.

[@rafaelpozo9962]

Playstation: mission failed, we get them next time

[@maxturdinator3331]

Imagine being a Playstation fan defending all this 🤣🤯🤧

[@kjh4496]

It’s no coincidence that Sony said this to Brazilian regulators, a country where Xbox has a larger market share. Playing victim to make MS look like a big bad “monopoly” and it’s backfired spectacularly.

[@darkstar9625]

it feels Microsoft has been holding this in for a while

[@ChazK47]

Its insane to me that Sony thinks their argument will hold up in court. WTF really? you dont need a law degree to see through this BS

[@mark5tur]

‘Call of Duty’ will remain a multi platform game, however ‘Duty Calls’ a new FPS from Activision will be Xbox exclusive

[@davidnelson.6037]

🤣😂🤣😂 okay that was pretty funny

[@mmlewis1030]

Sony is most alarmed by the thought they could lose users to the xbox ecosystem. COD is a lock-in title that keeps players in the Playstation ecosystem and Sony reaps the additional microtransaction fees gamers spend on the Fortnite, etc free-to-play games which makes up a larger percentage of their revenue

[@andybdrumming2191]

they don't want to lose the casuals they won over last gen that came because of the COD exclusive content marketing deals. Hardcore gamers are great but only make up a minority.

[@AnastasiaLUVSU]

All the COD casuals are moving back home to Xbox. Playstation was never the home for COD. sony is just mad they cant use those words anymore.

[@Yomeidient]

@@AnastasiaLUVSU yeah, I remember when that stimulus pack or whatever came out a month early on xbox 360.

[@andyscoming4919]

@@AnastasiaLUVSU microsoft should just charge PS copies $70 and put the new CODs on GP day one while Sony gets it a month later. Give them Some of their own medicine lol

[@AnastasiaLUVSU]

@@andyscoming4919 Yea they should do what sony does now. Bring all content to Xbox early. Exclusive modes only for Xbox/PC. And charge playstation users the full 70$ for less content.

[@wwjnz9263]

Sony has been doing this crap since they entered the gaming market.

[@SuperSmashTVChannel]

I think that Sony doesn't want to see the writing on the wall if they continue with their current business model. I have a PlayStation but what's the point of buying one game when I can have access to hundreds of games under a subscription service.

[@xDOT28]

Sony is going to take a huge L in the end.

[@ryanlewis4556]

I hope once the acquisition goes through Xbox make CoD a 1-3month timed exclusive. That's all they need to pull over a majority of CoD fans.

[@sivispacemparabellum395]

It comes to gamepass day one, so if think that should be enough though! 👍😁

[@lordxboss5700]

@@sivispacemparabellum395 It will come to Gamepass and XBOX will also get the early access/Beta and exclusive content/modes that will bring the majority to XBOX. I do think a 3-6month timed exclusivity is what XBOX should do with any title they decide they'll allow to be Multiplat 🤷‍♂️

[@ryanlewis4556]

@@sivispacemparabellum395 Why stop short with something that "might" work when you can do something that you "know" will work.

[@darthtleilaxu4021]

Yes they did. Sony is quite hypocrite on this.

[@jessep5280]

Everyone else notice that in their comments, Sony sounds just as petulant and entitled as their fans? I've always said the fanboys follow Sony's lead.

[@danzanares]

I’ll be surprised if this didn’t come back to bite Sony the next time they try to buy a studio or game

[@quaisapien9970]

Sony’s arguments with regard to this acquisition are clearly bogus, but their fear of losing market share seems quite reasonable given that the relative behemoth financial/infrastructure resources of MS are becoming ever more deeply invested in and committed to, the interactive entertainment industry. Though Sony is a hardware company, perhaps they’d ultimately be better off focusing on producing and publishing marquee, must-have software titles for all platforms, instead of a traditional console hardware/exclusivity business model which is already on its’ way to becoming outmoded.

[@Neilos-sd6ti]

Its not like they are a household name and veteran of the gaming industry with great titles to irs name, the ps4 sold incredibly well and so is the ps5 lets behonest is sony really at danger here??? They just need to learn that they wont always be the top choice for gamers if they dont compete.

[@flugga182]

nice job man, you are on fire with this. can't wait for next video!

[@AutarchKade]

Man I wish we could see the redacted bits too

[@remedy731]

What I find interesting is IGN has been suspiciously quiet about this story since it broke out over a week ago. Lately the most discussed topic by everyone. Coincidence?........... 🤔

[@CoastalJoe12]

Ive always leaned more Playstation but what Playstation said about no comp was pretty disappointing. Gotta compete.

[@SpaceShot]

Microsoft is working very hard to try and get this purchase through without a consent decree. Such a decree might slow down their future acquisition plans or take away their ability to respond in-kind to something Sony might do in the future (or more accurately, someone else like Google or Apple). They are willing to go ahead and not pull a Bethesda (by comparison, purchased for 1/10th the price) and talk about how they made this deal to bring value to Game Pass to get out of this acquisition with no governmental strings attached. Such strings are devastating, and Microsoft knows it. During the consent decree years, they had to stand by and watch several times as the world changed around them and be unable (or unwilling) to act in fear of the decree they were living under. I still think Microsoft at heart is a platform creator, and their DNA is about building a platform and having people publish on it. Xbox is, and has always been, contrary to this... because of the nature of game publishing. Things are changing right now... through subscription services and through the consolidation we're about to go through. Microsoft sees value in getting their chips in now (consider their failures to make the right bets on phones and are completely shut out). If they can pull this off, just wait till the dust settles and they make one more massive acquisition. Maybe it's EA. Maybe it's Ubisoft. They'll probably know that's the last one they can reasonably do before regulators get antsy, and that one will finally include a dreaded consent decree. I would say that maybe Microsoft could hold after this, but Sony is not their only competition. Apple is one major acquisition away from jumping in here. I think Netflix was thinking about it, but they have their own problems now just staying afloat or looking for a buyer. Microsoft making a major purchase like this and promising to play nice with others will make Apple look like fools if they decided to, for example, try to buy Ubisoft and take them Apple exclusive. Apple might be able to get the deal done but consumers would punish them and regulators might even chastise them or force them to release on existing platforms. That precedent would open the door to regulators saying, "now about that closed off App Store." There are a lot of balls Microsoft are juggling here, and to be honest, this play has reach far beyond Sony. This is a stake in the ground that other software stores should be open and compatible, which at least lets them play in areas they otherwise lost. It restarts the game, if you will.

[@y3l10wflash6]

Great points Feel like only 1 more big big publisher is possible for Microsoft (EA, Take-Two, Ubisoft sized). Personally if 1 Big big slot is left I want them to get WB Discovery (For WB Games, DC, etc etc etc) Then Medium & Smaller Sized Publishers: Bandai Namco, Koei Tecmo, Konami (It's basically dead), Sega, Thunderful, Pearl Abyss, Team17, Avalanche Studios Group, Keywords Studios, Paradox Interactive, & various Individual Studios in between After that Microsoft are set for various game genre bases EA, Ubisoft, Embracer Group, & Take-Two I'd prefer to stay Multi-Plat for various reasons Embracer Group: Too many game studios that are all still growing Ubisoft: Too many studios/ devs so for that amount of both they can get way better stuff (Would be interesting if Sony ever changes their ways for the better and gets the money so they get Ubisoft or even if Embracer Group get any of these) EA: Too many deals to have to pay for, plus they'll have Activision which COD & Battlefield are both always pitted against each other for some reason Take-Two: Xbox has Gun & True Crime which can both be competitors to Red Dead Redemption & GTA

[@SpaceShot]

@@y3l10wflash6 nice analysis. I have this feeling there's another huge acquisition in this industry but I just don't think Sony can be that buyer. Maybe it's not Microsoft. I do think Microsoft's overarching goal is grow game pass subs. It's part of Phil's bonus and I think it's part of Satya's. To be fair the acquisition of all these studios hasn't paid dividends yet. The games have to be good and they have to make you want game pass. In terms of this legal bickering I think it is legal posturing. Sometimes in court you shoot for the moon and if you get a nibble here or there from the court you are happy. If Sony can get any speed bump placed in Microsoft's way, that's a win for them.

[@lawlessx9]

You know if sony had just invested money in the shooter IPs they currently own and not letting them die and replaced by cod this wouldn't be an major issue. Sony are really exposing themselves. This is PS3 release all over again

[@anthonywilkinson4922]

Even though PS3 outsold 360? Yea great comparison

[@cruelwraith2games926]

@@anthonywilkinson4922 technically PS3 didn't outsell the 360 because the generation ended in 2011 not 2012 not 2013 not 2014 when they announced they outsold 360

[@PimpytheFartStealer]

@@anthonywilkinson4922 Sony only squeeked by cause people bought the ps3 as a Blu ray player. The 360 won that gen as the better console

[@cruelwraith2games926]

@ICEYOU no it's not bullshit cuz in 2014 that's when Sony announced they outsold the 360 which is bullshit cuz the 360 didn't even get discontinued until 2016 and didn't even stop making new 360 until that point

[@Rapunzel879]

Sony is like your elderly mom who can't seem to grasp how to open her email client on her smartphone.

[@xBINARYGODx]

thats more like Nintendo, actually kek

[@balaam_7087]

I love car shows. Lots of different people, lots of different rides. Some people build awesome tuners or muscle cars practically from the frame up, pouring years of blood, sweat and tears into what becomes a beautiful machine. Then there are the rich crowd who couldn’t begin to describe how an engine works, let alone build a car themselves, so they buy their way in. I suppose you can wind up looking at two amazing machines in the end, but one is respectable whereas the other…isn’t.

[@AussieGamerPlays]

Sony has been kicking goals (into its own net) for the last 12 months. The arrogance is wafting through the gaming community like an egg fart in a fresh breeze. With this behavior, the fact their "exclusives" aren't even that engaging anymore and most if not all of them transferring over to PC eventually and gamepass, i may end up selling my ps5 in the future.

[@ClapperDan]

Microsoft expose Sony of using the Pony mentality of "PlayStation good, Xbox bad" when it comes to exclusivity in gaming

[@Motografy]

MS is sick of the bullshit and we love to see it

[@YaboyLEM]

yeah sony's playstation will have access to multiplayer but not the campaign

[@gogreengameon2146]

I hope MS give PS Call of Duty, but only via Game Pass with a Game Pass app download for PS4/5 😂

[@greatbryan2484]

That would be insane 🤣

[@Shaker1000]

Check and mate!!!

[@ICZERZERO3000]

Happy Gaming Everyone 😎

[@Tw1xdot_]

Sony are quite literally being crybabies. “These are MY toys, I won’t share. You have to share YOUR toys with me though cuz I said so!”

[@BusyDadGaming]

MS wouldn't make COD console exclusive wouldn't make any financial sense. This is purely a ploy by PS to try to keep the market lead they have brought into the generation. It'll be interesting to see how things play out.

[@Itsphishayphishaaay]

If Microsoft is smart they'll have a work around for making cod exclusive, for example Sony makes publisher pay to have cross play, cod has cross play current with pc and Xbox and I'm assuming Activision paid for it. That being said Microsoft will say we want to make cod for playstation but we're not paying for cross play and that'll be their loophole

[@escopetadoce]

Great point, one that I haven't heard people bring up. Sony has many of these clause in their contract, which I'm sure MS will come and say "you want COD? We ain't paying for all that"... Which will make other developers/publishers say "why are they getting special treatment? ", which can ultimately affect their bottom line.

[@Itsphishayphishaaay]

@@escopetadoce yea I mean look, all these companies make great products but you'd be a fool to think these multi-billion dollar companies don't have people who know how to "legally" do the exact opposite of law or a contract lol wether it's donations for tax write offs or clauses that only are honorable in specific circumstances they'll find a legitimate reason to keep it away from Sony, maybe not at first, they'll play ball to be like "see were cool" then black ops 6 gon be like ONLY ON XBOX & PC GAMEPASS!!!! 😂😂😂

[@CSM.HBJ-Dogg]

Phil won't do that he wants and always wanted it to be cross-platform. Phil has a PS5 he don't hate playstation just their business model

[@Itsphishayphishaaay]

@@CSM.HBJ-DoggI was be facetious if you couldn't tell but it's not about hate its about money, they bought the IP's so they need to make the money back, they will by playing nice keeping everything where it is and honoring previous deals. Once they get the money back or most of it they will definitely pull out the tricks to make it way more enticing to play in their ecosystem whether it be proprietary (xbox, gamepass) or pc in the Microsoft store vs playstation, steam if it gets it, and if they ever decide to make a nintendo version

[@escopetadoce]

@@CSM.HBJ-Dogg with what you said, then Phil has the power to enact a change. Other publishers have the power too, but they don't want to be in Sony's bad side. Epic vs Apple brought to light many "hidden fees" of Sony. Not saying MS doesn't do fees (it's business), but I don't think is as extreme as Sony. The point is, if Sony relaxes the fees for MS just so MS can put COD, then other publishers might want the same, and thus hurting Sony's bottom line. Being the juggernaut that COD is (and Sony has already expressed that), I won't be surprised something like this can happen.

[@XBnPC]

Great video!! Thanks for the concise & informative Baaaaaam into this Massive, but still completely fair & good for consumers, acquisition 💯

[@Sladey1601]

I'd laugh if by keeping Cod on PS5 Xbox meant they'd keep Warzone on it and not the cod games like MW, Black Ops etc. I'm sure that won't do that but by doing so they technically aren't lying and did in fact keep Cod on PlayStation but just Warzone.

[@J.a.v.i]

Ultimately Sony is just mad that COD will be a 1st party title to Microsoft. In the past Sony kind of treated COD like a Sony 1st party title with all the money they spent on exclusivity deals. They won't have that option anymore...

[@pipps1158]

Sony are trying to slow innovation due to the fact that they are almost obsolete in terms of future technology in the gaming space. Blu-Ray, Game Discs and even consoles are slowly becoming relics of the past, and Sony chose to ignore it.

[@Batz130]

After all the shyte Sony did with Spider-Man exclusivity and putting stickers everywhere that say only on playstation on their exclusive games, then double down and make Spiderman exclusive to Avenger's. Which is a big middle finger to Xbox players. Oh there's no end to the arrogance 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@cahalmorgen2215]

Hi Destin, very interesting and informative video. Tip: Use Deepl translator, it's much better.

[@johnprice6271]

Sony makes so many exclusives that one game (that's primarily played on PC btw) being owned by another company shouldn't be a problem, especially if it's cross platform. Sony is trying to make it seem so much worse than it is and they look stupid by comparison. I'm glad that they're getting called out for it.

[@balaam_7087]

Not sure why you being the Hoeg lawyer dude on your channel if you don’t end up listening to his explanation of the situation.

[@gookawild5543]

Playstation executives are straight up Grimey.

[@athermubarik5886]

It's funny because MS is giving Sony a taste of its own medicine. MS should totally buy Rockstar next and do the same with GTA and Red Dead.

[@tinobrown1780]

I honestly think it would be pretty fun to be a lawyer. Don’t we all love destroying other peoples arguments on the internet already? Lol

[@theheardtheorem]

Except for it’s infinitely more embarrassing when your own arguments get obliterated in person 😂

[@tinobrown1780]

@@theheardtheorem True, but must be sweet as hell when you win.

[@Retro_Gamer_89]

Sony and Ponies 🐎 are pathetic smh 🤦

[@-iZLA-]

8:40 i wish you interpreted the entire statement and didn't stop at "not profitable", considering they followed up by saying that they could do that strategy if they think they could pull sufficient numbers of people from rival platforms to compensate for losses. and basing on Sony's reaction, CoD could possibly do it. not saying Cod is gonna go exclusive or not. but MS is clearly weighting both options.

[@DestinL]

Could is not “will” and they’ve been clear that it will stay multiplatform

[@gamerbychoice4024]

@@DestinL i do have to admit Xbox did make a pretty decent argument if they did decide to pull COD. I am not a lawyer but i could see MS saying if Sony wants to play hardball then regulators we should be allowed to play too. Now if i were Sony that would terrify me.

[@-iZLA-]

@@DestinL all im saying is MS left allot of wiggle room in the way they make their statements about exclusivity of future titles. statements like "will stay multiplatform" isn't as cut and dry as we think it is. there are multiple strategies to circumvent it and still make CoD essentially exclusive. MS could make the annual CoD 1 year timed exclusive. so PS gets the last CoD when Xbox launches the new one. MS could even make the new games exclusive and just support the old games or just keep servers up for the old ones, and that would still fulfill the "will stay multiplatform" statement. like i said, i dont know if future titles will be exclusive or not. all im saying is there are enough loop holes in that statement for them to do so, and a pathway of deciding to do so with the whole "pull sufficient numbers of people from rival platforms" thing

[@-iZLA-]

and sorry for my bad English

[@gamerbychoice4024]

@@-iZLA- I am not a lawyer but I too saw potential wiggle room in their verbiage to suggest that they have outs in the events situations do not play out in their favor. I guess it depends on what happens in the future. Especially if Sony tries to block the ABK deal we may see the gloves completely come off and instead of the verbiage saying we desire to keep COD on all platforms it is currently on to we plan to put COD on lots of platforms and Sony is just not one of them lol.

[@marty5300]

I like how MS keeps saying "sure, we'll keep cod on play station".. with zero comment on in what capacity. I hope they give ps a basic stripped down version, and heavily incentivise players to play on Xbox/PC.. Through exclusive game modes and dlc, plus charging their vaunted $70 only for playstation. I'd also make it painful for Sony, taking a big wet bite out of their asses in the form of a "cross play tax" like Sony does, but direct that only at Sony. Or they could do the old, if you want cod, it's only available through gamepass.. don't want to do that? Oh well, we tried.

[@psvitaoled197]

Game pass is the focus, keep the games multiplat. It gives the casual game a bigger incentive to get game pass once they see that 70 dollar price tag. Microsoft know this and are set up for success.

[@Whoozurdaddy]

Most of what you’re saying won’t be able to be done during their marketing agreement unfortunately but once that expires I wouldn’t even doubt if MS shelves the cod franchise and releases basically the same game under a new name. Don’t know if it’s legally possible but if it is it would release them from any requirements to put it out multiplat. Just a thought

[@Pawsum1tiger]

Sony is so full of it. Especially when they are keeping the FGC hostage. They have all the fighting games

[@DarthAscension]

Let's compare how well multi plat fighting games sell vs multi plat FPS games... Ya it aint even close as Fighters are super niche...

[@Pawsum1tiger]

@@DarthAscension I hear you but what I'm saying is Sony has been making deals to have exclusivity to thi gs for years. Fighting games is just an example.

[@DarthAscension]

@@Pawsum1tiger you mean street fighter? I don't know any other game that has ps exclusive period as GG strive, BDZ fighters, blazeblue, or DnF Duel all were available to all I believe (I am on pc so I could be mistaken).

[@Pawsum1tiger]

@@DarthAscension dbz is available on xbox. All other is ps or pc.

[@DarthAscension]

@@Pawsum1tiger thanks for the information, I appreciate it.

[@Lucky_9705]

Sony is primarily pissed because with this string of Microsoft buyouts, they are now in a major predicament. But if I were in charge of Sony Interactive Entertainment, I would not let any of these buyouts take away from PlayStation’s ability to create quality competing franchises instead of moaning and complaining. Sony should use their adversity as a way to grow and create strong competing exclusives. Their problem is that they have narrowed down their focus in game production. If they want to learn and grow, they need to expand with what they have.

[@remedy731]

If I were sony, instead of pissing and moaning about the acquisition, I would be trying to suck up the Microsoft right about now. They are going to mess around and rub MS the wrong way and the next thing that you know the only exclusive DLC content for COD will be on the Xbox consoles. Sony needs to Take the L and Bow Down.

[@Lightman741]

Will all the call of duty’s be coming to game pass?

[@agamer7203]

Yes

[@TylerMarkRichardson]

Most likely

[@AhmedEx1.]

High chances it will

[@furshizzle]

Now just imagine if Xbox had some good games! 2024 can't come soon enough boyz!

[@Olivion17]

Has ign covered this? I feel like I've heard everyone mention it except ign. I know Destin is from ign but this is his personal channel

[@MayunFive]

No can do, they'll lose access of review copy of Playstation first party games

[@lordxboss5700]

How's IGN going to cover this and put a Positive Playstation spin on it 🤷‍♂️ No little Ponys in the IGN stables want to cover this 😭 Sony Crying being complete Hypocrites looking Pathetic and Desperate

[@JethroDyx]

Sony’s playing the victim

[@Shaker1000]

COD games all should be a 6 month timed exclusive

[@kevlowry]

All this tells me is that sony either can't or won't try to make a 1st person shooter🤣

[@PerfectSuperSaiyan]

Sony finally showing its pathetic coward self

[@PLAYER_42069]

I know this is going to be long series of videos, but I think the underlying thing that rubs people the wrong way is Sony is more invested - literally and figuratively - In keeping a dying model afloat (tying exclusive content to specific hardware) by any means necessary rather than innovate in ways that truly benefit gamers/gaming industry as a whole. Instead of investing in ways to keep games off Game Pass, why they don't they invest in their own subscription service and make it better? They're the same as Epic when they entered the PC gaming space with their "exclusives". Forcing people to use the atrocious Epic Games Store instead of creating a platform as good as or even better than Steam. It's companies using the courts to stop competition instead of rising to the challenge and creating better products is what bugs the shit out of people regardless, of platform.

[@whippyice5420]

Destin “buckle up it’s a long one” 12 minuets ….. me….hour videos minimum 😂

[@MathewCap]

I only play Sony exclusive on Playstation but every other game I play on Xbox because I support Microsoft and their business practice. They seen to be the only company that wants a fair and equal field for all platforms. If a new game company came out with a system, they probably wouldn't attack and give help if asked directly to benefit both of them. Sony and Nintendo especially are just scum of companies when it comes to competition.

[@xBINARYGODx]

also notice that when MS was going further with 2nd/3rd party deals during the 360 generation, and it was still no on the level of Sony with PS2 or 4, that they got a log crap and discussion around it. Yet people just act like its fine and dandy if Sony does it. The usual excuse is "well they are the market leader/mind share leader" to which I say? Ok, MS was at that position for most of the 360 gen - so why was it such a point of contention then BUT NOT for PS2 or 4? Thats right - the bias is there. Generally everyone seems ok with Sony doing something that MS (and even Nintendo sometimes) will catch massive shit for doing.

[@MathewCap]

@@xBINARYGODx Honestly the PS3 and the 360 ear was probably the most fair fight in console history. The PS3 sold more in the end, because they cared about the consumer. Also the Xbox 360 would of sold less if it didn't have the red rings of death. They kept the CPU/GPU back plate X design the same and never changed it a square. It would slowly warp after long use. Microsoft knew this and sold more consoles than it should of cause of this. The PS3 won sales wise because PSN was free on the PS3 with a wifi chip built in it, and a blu-ray reader for movies. Blu-ray readers where sold for 500 to 800 in 2006. So the PS3 was a stupidly great deal for what you paid for.

[@TylerMarkRichardson]

@@MathewCap microsoft extended everyone's warranty so they could get a replacement for free if someone brought a new one that's kinda strange

[@daviddesrosiers1946]

Sony never had an argument. Just a load of BS.

[@nuno3887]

Hey Destin, im portuguese and I'd be happy to translate stuff for you.

[@Aries73]

Meanwhile, Sony continues to c-block Final Fantasy (particularly XIV) when they know good and well S-E can make more by making that series multiplat.

[@johnatkinson6336]

As a business, I dont fault Sony for going this route. But from just looking at this it makes Sony look like they are a child whinning that the 'Big Meany' Microsoft isnt playing fair. Microsoft has stated in court documents these games will remain console multiplatform. Now it would be cool if Microsoft took some of their owned IPs, like Conker, to some Activision developers(like remake Toy Chest(?)) and say they can make Crash multiplatform but we need a Conker now and then too. Sony just knows this will all make Microsoft too much money and the only options they have are sabotoge this, which they are trying to do poorly, or deny future Call of Duty games on their consoles, which they know Sony fans will just buy an Xbox or play Gamepass on other devices. It all comes down to money and Sony looking after themelves only, not the gamer market. Like if they brought Spiderman or the upcoming Wolverine to xbox even with a year(or when they just brought it to Steam) exclusive, Sony would make a ton of money. But that helps Microsoft too, which they dont want. Like Crossplay and other stuff. Its sad really.

[@eego3499]

C.o.D isn't the issue in my opinion. Diablo on the other hand. What if they make this exclusive?

[@MrRawnch]

Basically, Sony doesn't like the Trojan horse sales. They know that MS is set to hit huge profit margins by keeping certain games multi-platform. This puts Sony in a precarious situation because they'll lose a sizeable share of the user numbers if they bar MS from releasing the games on their consoles.

[@jamesbullo]

Odd timing. I just downloaded Spider-Man Remastered from Steam.

[@petermarczakowski6693]

I think I prefer Hoeg’s (Hoeg Law) take on this topic. From me: Microsoft says that Call of Duty will stay multiplatform because they have to, thanks to Sony.

[@petermarczakowski6693]

@@Ryan-yi5ro so basically you're saying that Microsoft is a giant gaming behemoth with no competition. Not helping, mate.

[@petermarczakowski6693]

@@Ryan-yi5ro I won't even ask about your age, kid.

[@DankMemer42013]

If PlayStation continues with these ways their is a high chance they are gonna lose their public image….

[@TheZoidexExperience]

I'd hate to be team Sony rn

[@Stormbless3d]

Why? The console works as advertised, new games and exclusives consistently coming. Lots of free high quality games with the 'extra' sub. Sure Playstation store is a little pricey but everything is fine over here.

[@TheZoidexExperience]

@@Stormbless3d because Sony has been all about exclusivity, specially with call of duty even going as far as keeping a whole third part of the modern warfare reboot game called spec ops exclusive for a whole year, and now crying about Xbox aquiring Activision blizzard even tho they're gonna keep it multi platform, that's wild.... Plus blocking games from getting on game pass after saying the service wasn't going to sustain itself, I could go on but I think you get my point, oh and crying about game pass when they could just as easily get on the same level if they stop that tier crap and add their games day one for their subscribers, making their games more expensive when they're the most profitable they've ever been, it's alot bro they're the opposite of consumer friendly

[@KewlkatNDahat]

Sony is afraid of call of duty being free on game pass and you know what that means I think people will buy an Xbox just to play on game pass or just to get game pass on PC or some other platforms so pretty much game pass will grow because of call of duty because it's a popular game.

[@JackTheBlack1585]

Sony is becoming a little B everyday

[@randyhettinger6207]

Honestly Sony making all these comments about omens about other games not comparing Call of Duty duty might destroy them

[@mattboisey6804]

I have a ps5 and I just got a series s for game pass I like them both but Sony does need to chill out

[@Stormbless3d]

I wonder if we will all praise game pass when there are 7 different subscriptions with exclusives to each one.

[@TylerMarkRichardson]

Now think about it if this deal goes through activition can't make their own subscription it will just be gamepass behthesda can't make their own as they are just on gamepass ea play is on gamepass already so shouldn't this be good by your view as it reduces the number of companies that can do that

[@lordxboss5700]

Was Gamepass the first subscription service? Or is that Sony Fanboys huffing Copium and attacking XBOX 😭 Sony started doing it before XBOX thank Sony for subscription services 🙈🙉

[@phillyguyzay9763]

Microsoft is definitely lying making cod exclusive will definitely be profitable because gamepass subs will sky rocket and there are a lot of people who only have Playstation because of the exclusive content so making cod exclusive too xbox will be 100% profitable

[@Ready_Set_Boom]

Marvel’s Spiderman being exclusive on Playstation is the same boat. Note PS owns the movie rights, they do not own the video game rights.

[@Martin88416]

Marvel first went to your beloved MS for a game, MS said we don't want any Marvel game. They did not think single player games would make enough money.

[@kevinkevin1820]

That is why I reiterate that should the F.T.C., block this deal based on arguments made by Sony, (they will not) they’d clearly be playing favouritism, in a space where it’s not suppose to exist. They cannot block this deal because Sony, a direct competitor to Microsoft in the gaming industry feels threatened. So keep crying Sony!