After the unsuccessful launch of the Xbox One, Microsoft management said they wanted to make games available to all gamers everywhere, especially with a Game Pass subscription. Yesterday, the Microsoft CEO confirmed the idea in court and has himself focused on making the software available on as many platforms as possible in his nearly ten years in a senior role at the US company.
In his federal court testimony, Satya Nadella claimed that he was running a company that had always believed that software should run on as many platforms as possible. But for Xbox, exclusives are needed to compete under the terms of the more dominant Sony.. If it was up to him, he would get rid of console exclusives. But Microsoft has a small share of the console market, so it’s up to Sony to decide.
“Dominant player [Sony] a certain market competition with exclusives, so this is the world we live in. I don’t like this world.” Nadella added.
Source: bethesdaPlayStation boss understands Starfield exclusivity, but doesn’t like Xbox Game Pass
SONY PEACE
In court, the head of Microsoft revealed that after the acquisition was announced in January 2022, he called Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida to explain Microsoft’s plans. He didn’t want confusion. He still plans to support the PlayStation. When later asked if he would continue to release Call of Duty on the PlayStation, he answered 100 percent.
Bobby Kotick is also against exclusives. Activision Blizzard’s CEO stressed that Call of Duty’s Xbox exclusivity would hurt the company a lot. We’re not surprised by this notion when Call of Duty on PlayStation alone generated $800 million in 2021 sales. Globally, that’s (probably) $1.5 billion.
The day before in court, in a pre-recorded video, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan said he understands Starfield’s exclusivity. But it was clear from the statements distaste for game pass, which should devalue the games. Read more in our article.
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KOTICH WAS WRONG
Anyway, back to Kitty. The Activision Blizzard boss admits he was not impressed with the Nintendo Switch prototypes. He did not believe in the success of this console. He was wrong and today he regrets not releasing Call of Duty on Switch. The console has sold over 100 million units. Therefore, he wants to approach the next generation of Nintendo differently, and you will think about releasing games on the console as soon as there is some specificity in it.
Source :Indian TV
