The opposition to the agreement with Nintendo.
I think at this point it is not necessary to say what is the soap opera of the yearsince it is being possible to see how the situation of Activision Blizzard and Microsoft does not cease to bring us news practically every week (and several times in some), while recently we have been able to see an agreement between Nintendo and Microsoft to launch the games of this on Japanese consoles for the next ten years, which means that Titles like Halo, Gears of War, Forza Horizon, among others, could come to Nintendo Switch or its successor.
However, while the relationship between Nintendo and Microsoft seems to flow (after all, Steve was in Super Smash Bros Ultimate as a playable character), the situation between Microsoft and Sony seems to be red hot, thus giving rise to the future of Call of Duty being on the table without knowing what will happen on the supposed date on which analysts indicate that it should be closed the purchase.
Sony is pointed out as the main culprit in this situation
Be that as it may, information reaches us from Games Industry, where it has been reported that the agreement between Sony and Microsoft is not yet closedthis being something that Brad Smith himself, Microsoft’s vice president, has confirmed in a press conference after the meeting with the European Commission to discuss the purchase of Activision Blizzard, since, let’s not forget, the European body issued a unfavorable report for the purchase.
In any case, Smith himself has rejected the idea that the purchase of Activision Blizzard involves selling the rights to Call of Duty, this being a measure proposed by British organizations to give it the go-ahead and that, for more than obvious reasons , will not take placesince it would be like selling the goose that laid the golden eggs when buying a pen.
On the other hand, it must be said that Activision Blizzard has pointed out to Sony as the culprit of this situationsince, according to what they say, they are trying to protect a dominance in the video game market that has lasted for two decades, leading them to trust that at some point the regulatory bodies will give the go-ahead to the purchase.
For the rest, it remains to be seen what ends up happening, but it is clear that Microsoft has relevant alliessince Google, Nvidia and Activision Blizzard have recently supported the purchase against the European Commission.