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Microsoft’s lawyer, Beth Wilkinson, is asking Dr. Robin Lee about the quantitative models he has used to create his report. Dr. Lee predicts how many PlayStation players would switch to Xbox if Call of Duty was exclusive to Xbox:
“On average during Call of Duty titles during generation 8, Xbox share would increase by 8.9 percentage points.”
Such a loss would come from PlayStation losing players, as Call of Duty isn’t available on Nintendo Switch. Wilkinson argues that Dr. Lee’s model takes the data from older consoles and then applies it to new consoles.
Wilkinson also points out that Dr. Lee doesn’t have models for share shift in multi-game subscriptions or cloud gaming where titles like Call of Duty are taken away fully.
