Microsoft Says It Doesn’t Know When Will Call Of Duty Launch

Microsoft claims it is unaware of the Call of Duty release date.

Microsoft Says It Doesn't Know When Call Of Duty Launched

Now that Microsoft denies knowing when Call of Duty was first released, it is no longer appropriate for the company to act foolishly to support its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft claims in a 37-page response to the lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it does not only not know the franchise’s launch date but also does not know how much it is worth.

Microsoft claims that it lacks knowledge or information necessary to form a belief regarding the veracity of the allegations regarding Call of Duty’s original release date, the way the gaming industry views it, and its typical release schedule, as well as the funds and resources Activision devotes to the game, including the number of studios that work on it.

To summarize and put the statement into layman’s terms, Microsoft is saying it does not know the size of the Call of Duty franchise. On top of that, it’s claiming that it was only made aware of this when the series began.

Microsoft’s Defense Doesn’t Make Sense

Microsoft Says It Doesn't Know When Call Of Duty Launched

Of course, a quick search on the old Google machine can quickly find all that information. But that’s not the real point here. The real point is that Microsoft is expecting people to believe that before the announcement of its $68.7-billion — with a “B” — purchase of Activision Blizzard, it wasn’t given all of the details about the largest franchise it would be acquiring. It’s incredibly unlikely, and something many would be willing to put money on, that Microsoft, one of the largest companies in the world, wouldn’t get everything before agreeing to such a major purchase.

Suppose Microsoft didn’t know the size of the Call of Duty franchise. Why would it offer Sony a 10-year deal to keep it on the PlayStation platform and sign an agreement with Nintendo to bring it back? Those deals are only made by knowing how valuable a series is to gamers and competing companies.

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