Poll - Modern Warfare 2 Game Pass/Console Exclusivity

[badabeezy]

The poll says it all. To me the first qualifier is if the deal closes before the release date which is a big question mark.

Edit: I read the Xbox release which didn't mention an estimated close timeline. Poll should then be for COD 2023. Doesn't seem like I can change poll question. Mods feel free to change if possible to COD 2023.

 

[Lashley]

No, maybe the one after

 

[DarkVaber32]

I don't think Microsoft will make established multiplayer IP's console exclusives. Singeplayer games on the other hand..

 

[ASleepingMonkey]

It won't because MW2022 is due out this year. Deal closes in 2023.

 

[Bill Gaitas]

The deal is supposed to finalize on June 2023. If MW2 is the next CoD then nothing changes.

 

[Zebesian-X]

I don't think the deal will close in time

 

[criteriondog]

I think I saw that the deal won't close until June 2023, so I fully expect Modern Warfare 2 on PlayStation.

 

[CloseTalker]

It'll be on PlayStation, but I think they still make it game pass on day one. Would be a huge win, even if the deal hasn't closed

 

[zolee]

Sony probably still has marketing and some exclusivity so I'd imagine it'll be on PS

 

[Fart Master]

Deathloop came out as a PS5 exclusive months after the Bethesda/Microsoft deal so yeah I don't think MS will rock the boat for a while.

 

[Swarming1182]

If the deal is closed, I think it'll be Xbox + PC exclusive with day one on game pass.

If the deal isn't closed by release date it'll be multiplatform like usual.

 

[Deleted member 10623]

Its war. Microsoft should do XSX & PC Exclusive. This is coming from a PS5 console owner who has never brought a Microsoft console.

 

[M. Wallace]

Deal doesn't go through until 2023.

 

[105-Shake]

We literally know that this won't be the case lol

MWII releases November 2022 and this deal closes June 2023

 

[FusionNY]

The deal doesn't close until 2023. I assume everything after that goes exclusive.

 

[tapedeck]

Deal won't close in time…but if it somehow did..yeah it would be exclusive

 

[Lukar]

MW2 is a 2022 game (I assume), and this deal isn't expected to close until 2023.

 

[shadowman16]

It won't because MW2022 is due out this year. Deal closes in 2023.

Click to shrink...

Precisely. This thread is jumping the gun. Better question is what happens next year assuming the sale goes through.

 

[Humidex]

Close the thread. Acti remains independent throughout the rest of this year.

Ask again when the takeover is completed in 2023.

 

[Seijuro]

If the deal closes in time yes, but if it isn't through by summer I guess it's too late? There has to be some agreements/contracts with Sony and retailers already by that time already.

Edit: Seems the deal will go through next year. PS5 gonna have MW2.

 

[modiz]

Doesnt make sense to, Activision will still be independent by then and why would MS spend hundreds of millions of dollars just to get a cod game on GP a year early before all of them will. Same for exclusivity.

 

[Bessy67]

Maybe it'll launch on Game Pass but it won't be exclusive. Deal doesn't close yet.

 

[LordBaztion]

CoD is at Minecraft level of ubicuity, I dont think they will make it exclusive.

 

[Megabreath]

No chance, I don't really know how MS are going to explain to millions of people on PS that they can no longer play CoD on their system after 2022. Its going to be quite messy and its nothing like holding back single player focused Bethesda games.

They just gonna pull support for Warzone on PS, where people of all platforms play together?

 

[ghostcrew]

This deal isn't expected to close until June 2023 so this is probably not a required discussion. Discussion can continue in the main Activion Blizzard buyout thread.