Under this condition, many Sony would give the pass
Once a PlayStation, always a PlayStation? Even though many players have been loyal to the Sony console for a number of years, the departure of a single series of games seems to be enough to make many gamers switch sides.
That’s how attached PlayStation players are to Call of Duty
Although Xbox and PlayStation are similar in many aspects and also fight with almost identical weapons in terms of hardware, one still has the feeling today that the console gamers are divided into two large camps: Xbox or PlayStation.
Representatives of both camps are usually firmly convinced that their console is clearly superior to their direct rival and always remain loyal to Sony or Microsoft. But according to a survey by the British competition authority CMA, a significant proportion of PlayStation players would have given up on Sony if the final game in the Call of Duty seriesthat they bought not been available on the PlayStation were.
In such a scenario 15 percent of the almost 1,400 respondents used a different gaming device instead. 16 percent would have remained loyal to the PlayStation, but would have bought another gaming device. From this group in turn would have 61 percent opted for the Xbox30 percent would have switched to the PC (source: CMA).
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Indictment for PlayStation: CoD is more important than exclusives
What also emerges from the survey: 88 percent of gamers reach for the PlayStation because one or more special games are available on the PlayStation. Under this group 73 percent say the games in the Call of Duty series are of particular importance to them – The exclusive games of the PlayStation follow closely behind with 69 percent.
That should be a punch in the pit of Sony’s stomach. After all, the continuation of the CoD series on the PlayStation is currently still uncertain. Sony and Microsoft have been at loggerheads over this for quite some time. In other words, if Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard actually goes through and the company decides to stop offering Call of Duty on the PlayStation, it could cost Sony dearly.
The Xbox Series is ahead of the PS5 in a few ways:
According to current information, however, Microsoft seems to have no interest in banning Call of Duty directly from the PlayStation. So Sony fans don’t have to worry too much about it.
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