Product Placement
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As I put "Any sale lost from CoD could be offset from MS selling the Xbox hardware, so they will likely be prepared to lose some sales of the game if that is the case.", MS made the same calculations when they bought Bethesda in regards to driving people to Xbox hardware and gamepass which is why stuff like Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI will be XBOX/PC only.that's what I mean, if cod stops existing tomorrow on playstation there's nothing microsoft would gain from that, or worse damage the IP for good. if they want to make the same money as before they need to move over that customer base first, and that's much easier said that done (switching over is much harder when it means buying a new box of overpriced scalped hardware while leaving all your existing games and social circle behind).
sure, they would deprive sony of a moneymaker, but at what cost? not that microsoft couldn't do it with the fuck you money it has, but as much sheeple as those normies are they still remember that shit somewhere.
there's also contracts, microsoft can't just pull shit because "lol new owner, suck it". again, not to mention the bad PR. expect to see an effect a bit after the merger is done, like stuff releasing earlier on xbox, dlc only appearing only a certain console (which is something sony paid money for in the past for example) and other fun shenanigans to lessen the value of the playstation version - if the game gets released there in the first place.
Now Activision is a very different beast, and what made sense financially with Bethesda may not be with them. The only safe thing to say right now is any GaaS will be on PlayStation, outside that who knows. I could see MS using CoD as a way to get a version of Gamepass on Playstation (and Nintendo) which is something Phil Spencer has talked about wanting. Also could see CoD coming to Playstation a month later or the Xbox/pc version having some exclusive content.
Contracts come to an end and once they do MS will have the freedom to do what they want with it. If Sony is smart they will prepare for the worst-case scenario and use the next 3 years or when ever the contracts expire to build up a library first-party FPS games.
Don't forget Tony Hawk those games were heavily linked to Playstation back in the day as well.I just find it funny that Crash and Spyro are now owned by Xbox.