Xbox boss says Game Pass is profitable – he wants Call of Duty on PlayStation … and Switch!

While international regulators decide whether or not to approve Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard, those in Redmond are trying to dismantle Sony’s concerns over Call of Duty. The Japanese fear that the North American giant will stop marketing the saga on its consoles, but Xbox insists that its intention is to remain cross-platform. Additionally, division head Phil Spencer confirmed that Xbox Game Pass is a profitable product.

In interview with The Wall Street newspaperSpencer reported that the service concentrates 15% of Microsoft’s revenue in the video game division: “I think it will remain between 10 and 15% of all our revenue, it is profitable for us.” As for Call of Duty, the manager stated that his intention is to do something similar to the strategy they are adopting with Minecraft.

“Call of Duty in particular It will still be available on PlayStation and I would love to see it on Switchy on many different screens. Our plan is to treat Call of Duty like Minecraft.

Xbox Game Pass on consoles has stopped growing

This isn’t all good news for Xbox. Spencer admitted that the growth of Game Pass on consoles has slowed: “We have seen tremendous growth on PCbut on consoles that growth slowed, mainly because at some point we hit the ceiling of people on consoles who wanted to subscribe.

In response to the UK regulatory body, Microsoft has assured that if the acquisition of Activision Blizzard materializes will not be free to launch Call of Duty on Xbox Game Pass. This is due to the agreements signed between the company led by Bobby Kotick and the company chaired by Jim Ryan. Indeed, the PlayStation boss has been openly hostile to the very real possibility of Activision Blizzard joining Xbox Game Studios,

Source | WSJ (via Tom Warren)