During the current trial between Microsoft and the US Federal Trade Commission that is currently taking place, (which is blocking Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard, the creators of CoD,) there have been some interesting documents that have been released which reveal that there have been one million PlayStation owners that have bought a PlayStation console just for the sole purpose of playing CoD and nothing else.
Why will this information regarding CoD affect the trial?
During the recent interactions between Microsoft and the US Federal Trade Commission, numerous documents have been released to help settle the court case, but those documents are not just from Microsoft, as there have even been documents that were given to the court by PlayStation development leader Jim Ryan.
The document in question is a letter sent by Jim Ryan to the FTC detailing that as of 2021, over one million PlayStation owners have only played Call Of Duty on their consoles; this means that over one million gamers have bought a brand new console just to solely play CoD, to even add to that point it was also noted that over 70% of PlayStation owners in 2021 have played over 100 hours of Call Of Duty.
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There isn’t much information in regards to what CoD these gamers were playing, so it could just be that they bought an old Call Of Duty back in 2021 and played it for a certain amount of time and then never played it again, but this letter was sent to the FTC to show that if Microsoft can purchase Activision Blizzard and make CoD an Xbox exclusive game, it will majorly affect Activision Blizzard as many gamers on PlayStation will be left behind.
This information coming to light proves that Call Of Duty is a game that is played in large amounts on PlayStation and will be sorely missed, but this doesn’t mean that there aren’t alternatives, as there are numerous games that are similar to CoD which can easily replace it.
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Why has this information been revealed to the public?
Over the time that this trial has been active, there have been many leaks of information that have revealed many things that the general public shouldn’t know, and this information is especially one of those pieces of information we shouldn’t know. This is because the information was supposed to be redacted, but due to a mistake, this information has been released to the public; as of now, we do not know why this information hasn’t been redacted properly, but this isn’t the first time information has been leaked during this trial, and it won’t be the last.
At the moment there is no more information to be released at this time in regards to this leak of information, but what we do know is that it will make a large impact into the decision of the FTC as it will cause a lot of debate as to whether it will impact Activision Blizzard and Xbox in a negative or positive way. What do you think about this leak of information? Let us know in the comments!
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