After loads of courtroom drama, Microsoft final week introduced it had formally acquired Activision Blizzard in addition to cell big King. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has now appeared on the Official Xbox Podcast to debate the acquisition and Name of Obligation has as soon as once more come up in dialog.
Phil took a second to make clear gamers on all platforms can be a part of the “Name of Obligation nation” going ahead and that Xbox wouldn’t be locking sure unique content material to its personal platforms. It additionally strives for parity when it comes to the “launch and content material” throughout all methods:
“For Name of Obligation gamers on PlayStation, and sooner or later, on Nintendo, I would like you to really feel 100% a part of the neighborhood, I do not need you to really feel like there’s content material you are lacking out, there’s skins you are lacking out, there’s timing that you simply’re lacking out on, that is not the objective, the objective is 100% parity throughout all platforms as a lot as we are able to for launch and content material.
“I say as a lot as we are able to on parity as a result of clearly, some platforms have decision and body fee variations simply primarily based on efficiency, however there’s nothing else, we’ve got no objective of someway attempting to make use of Name of Obligation to get you to purchase an Xbox console. So I would like the Name of Obligation nation to really feel supported throughout all platforms.”
Spencer went on to say how Xbox has clearly been restricted from sure Name of Obligation content material (and even betas) up to now, and admits it does not assist the neighborhood or recreation:
“We have been on the opposite facet of a few of these skins and instances, even this beta wasn’t on Xbox the primary week, I simply, I do not assume that helps the neighborhood, I do not assume that helps the sport…when you’re a Nintendo participant… I would like you to really feel like 100% a part of the Name of Obligation Nation.”
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