PlayStation has made some relatively offensive comments about EA and Battlefield in some new court documents. Since the beginning of 2022, there has been a lot of hype around Microsoft’s intention to buy Activision for just $70 billion. This would then make Xbox the owner of major franchises like Call of Duty, a series that just had its biggest entertainment opening in 2022 and grossed $1 billion in a matter of days with its latest entry. Historically, the franchise has topped the annual sales charts, despite being released in the last two months of the year, killing the publisher. This led to fears that PlayStation might lose access to Call of Duty in the future, although Xbox reconfirmed that would not be the case.
However, due to regulations and such, this has resulted in platform owners trying to debate why Call of Duty is or isn’t such a huge deal. Of course, Sony is trying to argue why it’s important not to be acquired by the holder of the platform and has made an interesting argument about the competition. in Submission to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Sony has argued that Call of Duty is one of a kind and stated that even the closest competitors like Battlefield can’t come close to touching it.
To give a concrete example, Electronic Arts – one of the largest third-party developers after Activision – has tried for many years to produce a competitor Call of duty with l battlefield string “reads file”. Despite the similarities between Call of duty And the battlefield—and despite EA’s track record of developing other successful AAA franchises (ex FIFAAnd the mass effectAnd the Need for speedAnd the Star Wars: Battlefront)-The battlefield Franchising can’t keep up.”
While there’s certainly some truth to the fact that Battlefield doesn’t deliver the numbers like Call of Duty, Battlefield didn’t fare either. Of course, he had a rocky launch with Battlefield 2042but it was the fifth best seller in the US in 2021. However, Sony seems determined to ensure that Call of Duty remains accessible to everyone.
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[H/T The Verge]
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