Microsoft has formally confirmed its offer of a 10-year contract to keep releasing Call of Duty on PlayStation platform…
- an outfit that will become part of Microsoft should this deal go through.)
Shelton also argued in favour of Microsoft's Activision Blizzard buyout being agreed to by the US Federal Trade Commission, and wrote that it would be good news for worker rights. Microsoft has already agreed to an"unprecedented labour neutrality agreement", Shelton wrote - in essence, an agreement its execs won't frustrate any attempts by workers to unionise, something Activision has been repeatedly accused of.hundreds of workers at the Microsoft-owned Zenimax were unionising under this very agreementShelton went on to frame Sony's opposition to the Microsoft deal as a threat to this - dubbing it a"stark contrast of interests".
"If the merger is approved and the labour deal with Microsoft is effectuated, Activision Blizzard workers across the United States fighting sexual harassment and other poor working conditions stand to finally have a voice on the job and a chance to shape working conditions throughout the industry, and gamers will have allies inside a corporation with real protections for speaking out in consumers' interests," Shelton wrote.
"If the merger is disapproved, the power relations within the gaming industry for labour stay the same, Sony protects its very profitable position as the industry leader, and consumers will have to wait and see if subscription services mature into a viable gaming option."claiming the commission was now likely leaning towards approving Microsoft's $68.7bn Activision takeover"It's time to seal the deal, not blow it up," Shelton claimed.
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