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Sarah Bond is detailing how Microsoft had to agree to a new revenue share deal with Activision to get Call of Duty on the Xbox Series S / X consoles. Activision refused to agree to prepare its Xbox dev kit work and hinted that it had a different revenue share with PlayStation.
Activision Bobby Kotick wanted Microsoft to agree to a new revenue share deal before work begun on Call of Duty for Xbox Series S / X. “It was clear that Call of Duty would be on PS5 and that would not have been good if it was not also on Xbox if it was launching at the same time,” says Bond.
Activision also asked Microsoft if it wanted to bid on marketing deals for Call of Duty, but it declined. That ultimately meant Microsoft couldn’t show Call of Duty in its own Xbox showcase.
