Microsoft offers Sony not only the release agreement Call of Duty on PlayStation for a period of 10 years, but also the ability to launch new shooters in a subscription PS Plus right at the start — by analogy with how it will happen with Xbox Game Pass.
Sony, however, did not like this proposal, and she reacted negatively to it.. The response states that Microsoft reserves the right to freely adjust the cost of a license to add Call of Duty to third-party services.
According to Sony, its competitor could use this leverage to force PlayStation to either completely abandon the idea of releasing Call of Duty on PlayStation Plus, or push the company to increase the price of its subscription in order to compensate for the high price for giving away a shooter to users of the service..
Both options are considered unacceptable by Sony, noting that in the event of a successful takeover by Activision, the Americans would actually be able to make Call of Duty a full-fledged Game Pass exclusive, which would undermine the attractiveness of other subscription services like PlayStation Plus.
According to analysts, Sony is in principle not interested in distributing Call of Duty by subscription, although it does not say so directly. The fact is that she earns a lot of money selling these shooters. In the case of a subscription distribution model, it will have to pay for a license, and net sales will be cut off.
For the same reason, Sony doesn’t give away its own new blockbuster subscriptions at launch, focusing on distributing new releases at full price.
Earlier it was reported that the head of the PlayStation Jim Ryan does not want to sign any contracts with Microsoft to save Call of Duty on Sony consoles. His goal — deal breakdown.
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