First it was with Nintnedo which went officially signed, along with Valve for PC gamers and now, Microsoft dropped a bomb during the non-public audience with European Union regulators responding on his position of trying to buy Activision Blizzard and is, of course, giving more games out.
Nvidia made it official on their side, but for those, including Eurogamers that managed to go to Brussels to witness the audience, here when Microsoft President Brad Smith mentioned that the strategy behind the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is capitalizing on accessibilities of current and future games.
While owning a big market share does sound appealing, is not what the mindset is on the purchase and mentioned that Nvidia GeForce Now will gain Xbox PC Games, including Call Of Duty and other Activision Blizzard games.
Dissecting the official Nvidia’s announcement, Microsoft 1st party games will be available on GeForce Now via the Microsoft Store and hence, should allow your Steam, Epic & active PC Game Pass Subscription to connect each other.
Remember as it was with the announcement regarding Nintendo and CAll Of Duty, all this IF Microsoft manages to buy Activision Blizzard.
Reportedly, Sony's Jim Ryan and Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick were also present at today's hearing and it was rumored that the commission would have Sony to respond on behalf of Playstation, but it didn't happen.
Of course, two new jobs were made against Sony, with one, data and it is suggested by Microsoft that Sony has an 80% share in Europe alone and globally, it is about 70/30. In Japan, it is 96/4 which is accurate at least in Japan as Microsoft historically have been having problems capitalizing on the Japanese market with Xbox since day 1.
Also, making an example of the intransigency of Sony, Brad Smith actually had in hands a copy of the contract that Microsoft offered to Sony, as the same terms and also the “platform focus” of Playstation sustaining on the point that Microsoft is open to deal, is up to Sony to step in.