The FTC v. Microsoft hearing is drawing to a close.
is based on conflicts and war, there’s almost an endless supply of history to create yearly installments. “We had to instill a compensation and reward system to keep people motivated to work on sequels,” says Kotick.
for the launch of the Xbox Series S / X consoles. Kotick wanted Microsoft to agree to a new revenue share deal; otherwise, Xbox would miss out on an optimized version ofwould be on PS5, and that would not have been good if it was not also on Xbox,” said Bond last week.should be available on, and sometimes it picks badly.
Kotick also discussed Xbox Game Pass and how Activision isn’t currently interested in the service. “I have a general aversion to the idea of multi-game subscription services,” says Kotick, before saying putting games in a subscription service “would degrade the economics.” That sounds a lot like the “value destructive” commentThe FTC was quick to push Kotick on multi-game subscriptions, pointing out that Activision is in the business of making games and has an incentive to be everywhere.
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