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There is too much money to be lost making it Xbox Exclusive, they'll probably just have delayed DLCs.

Alupis 4y ago
I think Xbox Live subscriptions would counter this. Xbox Live Subscriptions generated nearly $3 Billion in Revenue in 2021 for Microsoft. For services that are provided for free to PC players (meaning the overhead is pretty small). Supporting PC players cost Microsoft money (servers, staff, etc). Xbox Live funds itself... and is a profit center for Microsoft. Cutting off other consoles would definitely force a portion of the console-gaming population to purchase a new Xbox - or at least factor very heavily into the decision for which console to buy. There are very few games that have as large of a player base as COD. Many other FPS titles have tried, including Battlefield. None even come close - so it would not be easy for Sony to "just make their own" either.
- partiallypro 4y ago
  Doubt it, Activision does triple that in revenue. Even assuming only 33% of that is from Playstation (which I bet it undercounting) it wouldn't make any sense to suddenly cut off 3 billion in revenue to have an exclusive when gamers could just find alternatives. Call of Duty won't always be king of the roost, so it's a bad bet if you want to maintain entrenchment. "Second-class citizen" treatment is FAR more likely and FAR more profitable.
  - Alupis 4y ago
    What would be those alternatives? There is no game like COD currently - and plenty have tried and failed. Microsoft could endure a temporary reduction in revenue, for a long term marketshare gain/dominance and eventual increased revenue. Xbox would become known as the console that you buy if you are into FPS titles. That is powerful.
    - partiallypro 4y ago
      There are plenty of games like CoD, it just has cultural significance because it's widely available and an existing community. A lot of skills people have on PS will not carry over to Xbox, so they can just start playing any of the other competitors. Every video game franchise can die, and many have, it wouldn't make sense for Microsoft to make it an Xbox exclusive and risk killing it. As I keep saying, they can just make delayed DLCs on PS or even DLC exclusives. Many DLCs are already more profitable than the core game.

I think Xbox Live subscriptions would counter this. Xbox Live Subscriptions generated nearly $3 Billion in Revenue in 2021 for Microsoft. For services that are provided for free to PC players (meaning the overhead is pretty small). Supporting PC players cost Microsoft money (servers, staff, etc). Xbox Live funds itself... and is a profit center for Microsoft. Cutting off other consoles would definitely force a portion of the console-gaming population to purchase a new Xbox - or at least factor very heavily into the decision for which console to buy. There are very few games that have as large of a player base as COD. Many other FPS titles have tried, including Battlefield. None even come close - so it would not be easy for Sony to "just make their own" either.

partiallypro 4y ago
Doubt it, Activision does triple that in revenue. Even assuming only 33% of that is from Playstation (which I bet it undercounting) it wouldn't make any sense to suddenly cut off 3 billion in revenue to have an exclusive when gamers could just find alternatives. Call of Duty won't always be king of the roost, so it's a bad bet if you want to maintain entrenchment. "Second-class citizen" treatment is FAR more likely and FAR more profitable.
- Alupis 4y ago
  What would be those alternatives? There is no game like COD currently - and plenty have tried and failed. Microsoft could endure a temporary reduction in revenue, for a long term marketshare gain/dominance and eventual increased revenue. Xbox would become known as the console that you buy if you are into FPS titles. That is powerful.
  - partiallypro 4y ago
    There are plenty of games like CoD, it just has cultural significance because it's widely available and an existing community. A lot of skills people have on PS will not carry over to Xbox, so they can just start playing any of the other competitors. Every video game franchise can die, and many have, it wouldn't make sense for Microsoft to make it an Xbox exclusive and risk killing it. As I keep saying, they can just make delayed DLCs on PS or even DLC exclusives. Many DLCs are already more profitable than the core game.