Microsoft offered Valve a 'long-term Call of Duty commitment' but Gabe Newell says there's no need.
at Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and one series in particular has become a focal point. Call of Duty is now so big, say opponents of the deal, that this series in itself could be a competition concern. Their argument is that if Microsoft completes the deal and, a few years down the line, makes COD exclusive to Microsoft services, it risks materially harming competitors and the wider gaming landscape.
I made that quote up for a laugh, but you get the drift: Microsoft has offered Sony a 10-year guarantee, which of course Sony will not accept, and yesterday brought the news it hadIn a sign of how nervy the suits are getting about COD's potential for scuppering the deal, Microsoft has been trying to go even further than this: it recently offered Valve a"long-term Call of Duty commitment" with regards to the Steam platform, which the series has only just returned to after a hiatus...
That's relatively boilerplate, but Newell goes on to put things in the most Valve fashion possible, and make it clear he doesn't really see Call of Duty's success as a problem.
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