Microsoft's CFO says making Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox was never considered or discussed when she evaluated the $69 billion acquisition price.
uploaded for public viewing ahead of her appearance in court today, Hood denied this was ever part of Microsoft’s thinking.
The executive, who approved the purchase price of S68.7 billion, said: “An essential component of that valuation was the [redacted] in forecasted total future sales of‘s content on all platforms. including continued sales of Call of Duty on Sony’s PlayStation. “The possibility of making Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox was never assessed or discussed with me, nor was it even mentioned in any of the presentations to or discussions with the Board of Directors.
“I understood the necessity of keeping Call of Duty on other platforms,” she continued. “The acquisition’s strategic rationale and financial valuation are both aligned toward making Activision games more widely available, not less.”from PlayStation consoles, or release inferior versions for them, leading players to desert its platforms.making Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox was part of the company’s strategy.
Legal filings this week suggested Call of Duty players’ average annual platform spending on PlayStation One million PlayStation users spent 100% of their gaming time on Call of Duty in 2021, Sony court documents revealed.
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