{"id":40472,"date":"2023-04-11T11:48:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T11:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/microsoft-says-only-3-of-playstation-players-would-switch-for-exclusive-call-of-duty\/"},"modified":"2023-04-11T11:48:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T11:48:45","slug":"microsoft-says-only-3-of-playstation-players-would-switch-for-exclusive-call-of-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/microsoft-says-only-3-of-playstation-players-would-switch-for-exclusive-call-of-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Says Only 3% Of PlayStation Players Would Switch For Exclusive \u2018Call Of Duty\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Call of DutyActivision Microsoft has repeatedly said that it will not take Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox if it purchases Activision Blizzard. But now it\u2019s saying that if it did, it wouldn\u2019t be a big deal. According to numbers shared with Axios, Microsoft has launched a counter-study to one the CMA did which estimated 15% of avid Call of Duty PlayStation players would switch to Xbox if the game became a Microsoft exclusive. Though that is \u201cavid\u201d players, those spending more than 10 hours a week or $100 on the game in the last year, while the number for \u201call\u201d players is redacted. Microsoft is not redacting its own, similar study. Its study says that only 3% of PlayStation players would switch from PlayStation to Xbox if Call of Duty was pulled from PS4\/5. Though that number increases to 10.5% when you\u2019re counting gamers who say Call of Duty is one of t&#8230; Click below to read the full story from Forbes<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2023\/03\/07\/microsoft-says-only-3-of-playstation-players-would-switch-for-exclusive-call-of-duty\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call of DutyActivision Microsoft has repeatedly said that it will not take Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox if it purchases Activision Blizzard. But now it\u2019s saying that if it did, it wouldn\u2019t be a big deal. 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