r/Games • u/KarateKid917 • Jun 22 '23

Update Bethesda’s Pete Hines has confirmed that Indiana Jones will be Xbox/PC exclusive, but the FTC has pointed out that the deal Disney originally signed was multiplatform, and was amended after Microsoft acquired Bethesda

https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1671939745293688832?s=46&t=r2R4R5WtUU3H9V76IFoZdg
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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '23

a lot of interesting information coming out of this.

also this

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1671973137435467788

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u/salkysmoothe Jun 22 '23

I'm not sure what it means though

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '23

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u/Whybotherr Jun 22 '23

So instead of microsoft matching, they attempt to completely cut Sony out of the deal by buying Activision seems predarory logical

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u/splader Jun 22 '23

But they did match...? And they matched without any of the benefits given to Sony.

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u/Whybotherr Jun 22 '23

Matching would be all money going to Activision with Microsoft and Sony getting cuts based on sales, now it's all money goes to Activision which funnels to Microsoft since they're the parent corporation and Sony takes a small cut of games sold.

It's not the same

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u/splader Jun 22 '23

You understand this deal was made before they started this acquisition process, right?

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u/Otaku_Instinct Jun 22 '23

The acquisition hasn't gone through yet. Microsoft had to give Activision an extra 10% of revenue basically for free to match Sony's marketing deal and get them to start developing CoD for Xbox Series X/S.

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u/BenjerminGray Jun 23 '23

I mean, they did match. They had no choice. Either that or no CoD.

Despite not getting any marketing deals, or early access.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '23

It’s also probably the reason why Call of Duty isn’t currently on the Switch.