Microsoft’s 10-Year Agreement with Nintendo Covers All Future Activision Blizzard Releases - eviltoast

This might be old news, but as the focus has been on COD, this is the first I’m hearing of the 10 year agreement being more than COD

  • Dudewitbow@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The only platform Microsoft would theoretically delay is Sony, given that in the court, they have pointed out that Sony refused to give them a dev kit, at least for the early launch window.

    If amything, Microsoft has history of doing the opposite (later release on their own console). Deathloop is an Arkane Lyon project. It was released on Playstation and PC a week before it was released on Series.

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      1 year ago

      That’s because the Deathloop exclusivity period on PlayStation and PC was set before the acquisition and they had to honor existing contracts. It’s not indicative of a pattern they’re going to follow