The destiny of Activision Blizzard’s multiplatform video games stays unclear following the Microsoft acquisition.
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Regardless of Microsoft’s multibillion dollar acquisition of Activision Blizzard earlier this week, rival Sony does not expects the newly acquired video games to grow to be Xbox exclusives, a Sony spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Activision Blizzard makes some of the most popular games on Sony’s PlayStation, together with the Name of Responsibility sequence. The Sony spokesperson cited “contractual agreements” Microsoft shall be sure by.
Microsoft will purchase Activision Blizzard in a deal price roughly $68.7 billion, it stated Tuesday. The deal will carry fashionable video games like Sweet Crush, Warcraft, Overwatch and Name of Responsibility underneath Microsoft’s possession and can make it the third largest gaming firm by income, the corporate stated.
“Activision Blizzard video games are loved on a wide range of platforms and we plan to proceed to assist these communities transferring ahead,” Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming stated in a press release Tuesday. Spencer will oversee Activision Blizzard when the deal is finalized.
The statements from Sony and Microsoft are ambiguous sufficient that the longer term is not fully clear. Determination about which video games shall be obtainable the place will finally fall to Microsoft.
