Microsoft is buying Activision to meet the billions of gamers who choose to play on mobile devices instead of a console or PC, and to learn how to make games that appeal to and engage them. However, Microsoft has stated in its response that it will continue to support multiplatform Bethesda titles such as Fallout 76, The Elder Scrolls Online, and Minecraft. The FTC's concerns with the Microsoft-Activision deal come in the wake of Microsoft deciding to make Bethesda Softworks games such as Starfield and Redfall along with another unnamed title exclusive to Xbox and Windows. With Sony's move, we can now be pretty sure that Xbox does not figure among the "other platforms". Square Enix has a six-month exclusivity deal with Sony for this game with "other platforms" slated to get it only from Decemonwards. It can be assumed that the title will eventually make it to the PC at least, but Square Enix is yet to confirm the same. However, this clause was apparently only intended for the PC version of the game, which is now available on Steam, and not for Xbox.įinal Fantasy XVI is launching as a PS5-exclusive on June 22, 2023. Some prominent examples of these agreements include Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix), Bloodborne (From Software), the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix) and the recently announced Silent Hill 2 remastered (Bloober team)."įinal Fantasy 7 Remake was originally intended to be a timed exclusive for the PS5, with the hope that it will eventually make it to the Xbox. In addition to having outright exclusive content, Sony has also entered into arrangements with third-party publishers which require the “exclusion” of Xbox from the set of platforms these publishers can distribute their games on. Back in October, Microsoft confirmed to the UK CMA that Sony on it's part has set up permanent Xbox-exclusion deals for several titles on the PlayStation.Īccording to Microsoft, Sony has effectively prevented games such as Final Fantasy VII Remake (FF7R), Final Fantasy XVI (FFXVI), Bloodborne, and Silent Hill 2 remaster from coming to the Xbox. Microsoft's US$68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard is not going down well with regulators with the Redmond-giant having to respond to both the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the UK CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) on the need for the deal to go through.
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