One other large piece of bombshell-esque data from at present’s listening to with Phil Spencer on the stand and the FTC’s legal professionals doing their finest to place stress on him is the affirmation that Microsoft has already thought of leaving PlayStation out of Activision titles and even Minecraft titles.
Minecraft Dungeons, for instance was nearly an Xbox unique, in keeping with Spencer, and when requested if Spencer has had “conversations at Microsoft about skipping PlayStation with Activision titles,” Spencer stated he couldn’t recall a particular dialog, solely to say “however it will appear to be a traditional dialog for us to have.”
Based on Spencer, these conversations have been ones that might’ve occurred previous to the Activision acquisition being introduced.
Within the case of Minecraft Dungeons, we all know that it did additionally launch on PlayStation, as did the newest Minecraft title, Minecraft Legends.
Nevertheless it’s at the very least fascinating to level out that even with such a storied franchise like Minecraft, Xbox was on the very least, speaking about having choose titles keep Xbox unique.
Supply – [The Verge]