Activision CEO says making ‘Call of Duty’ exclusive would alienate users FMTNews FMTBusiness
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said there was no incentive for Microsoft to restrict other platforms from offering his company’s games.
“You would have a revolt if you were to remove the game from one platform,” said Kotick in testimony aimed at showing why judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco should allow the US$69 billion deal to go forward. The FTC, which enforces antitrust law, has taken a harder line on mergers during the Biden administration. The agency says the transaction would give Microsoft, which makes the Xbox console, exclusive access to Activision games, leaving Nintendo and Sony Group out in the cold.
Kotick argued there was no incentive for Microsoft, if it closes the deal for Activision, to restrict who offers the company’s games. For example, he said that removing “Call of Duty” from PlayStation, which is made by Sony Group, would be “very detrimental” to Activision’s business.
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