Microsoft has agreed to sell the streaming rights for Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft if completes its $68.7bn tak…

Microsoft president Brad Smith states that this change means Microsoft won’t control the “exclusive” rights to stream Activision Blizzard games.

“Under the restructured transaction, Microsoft will not be in a position either to release Activision Blizzard games exclusively on its own cloud streaming service - Xbox Cloud Gaming - or to exclusively control the licensing terms of Activision Blizzard games for rival services,” Smith wrote today in a blog post setting out the change.

Ubisoft will be able to license the games to a range of other cloud gaming and subscription services, and pay Microsoft for the rights to each title via a “one-off payment” and “an option that supports pricing based on usage”.

  • FiveMacs
    6·
    1 year ago

    Pricing based on usage…

    2.99 for 5 minutes of gametime everyone. It’s on sale from 5.99. See how good of a deal this is? You all should subscribe to gametime minutes now before the price goes back up.

    • PenguinTDEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      hmmm… I don’t play streamed games, like never, even stream from PS4 -> phone feels really odd.(but that offered a way to turn on the console in silent, that’s why I still have remote play app. Good thing you can turn off that beep in next firmware.)

      I think the pricing is this way so you just subscribe to the monthly or even yearly plan anyway. They can also adjust that pricing to see how people actually use the platform and see find the sweet spot. Then they can package it and sell it to airlines as well.(with proven usage data/pricing.)