ChuckeRearmed
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Maybe some early Game Pass perks (like pre-orders and how they did with Forza and now Redfall). I don't think Microsoft is interested in pure exclusive - as we saw with Minecraft and in general - splitting the userbase prevents IP from growing. So it is beneficial to support COD everywhere - basically making it is huge huge IP available everywhere.I personally don't think they would take CoD full exclusive after the 10 year deal. They might engage in timed exclusivity (a week, 30 days) either for the full game or content/modes like raids/maps.
I think it is becoming pretty clear that Microsoft's idea of putting Game Pass on Playstation means full Game Pass, not just first party but with all third party deals too. Obviously Sony does not want that. And other platform holders either. BYOG services are the exception but they are not pure platforms anyway - after all of them are running Windows (all services essentially) so it is in a sense beneficial for Microsoft to support them. Google could be a decent competitor with their Linux based service but it did not take off due to their strange model and asking to port the games was too much. And expensive.Most Bethesda games are already on PS and those are MS games now. If MS really wanted to be disruptive (go all the way in), and this is my opinion on it, they should have gone in with native and cloud streaming in their proposal to put Game Pass on competitive platforms.
I think that sooner or later, regulators will take a look at closed ecosystems like consoles. Not today or not even in 5 years but it will happen eventually and Microsoft is essentially preparing for that.
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