Xbox's Call of Duty Future Almost in Jeopardy
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Xbox's corporate vice president, Sarah Bond, revealed during the court battle against the U.S.' Federal Trade Commission that the Call of Duty series was almost stopped from releasing on Xbox's new-gen consoles unless Xbox agreed to a certain revenue split deal. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick had refused to bring Call of Duty to Xbox Series X/S until Xbox agreed to a revenue split deal beyond the standard 70-30. Xbox eventually agreed to the deal, but it's not clear what revenue split was settled on.
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