Jim Ryan Has No Right To Comment On Call Of Duty And Xbox

thegamer.com:

I should probably caveat everything that I’m going to write here by explaining that I don’t particularly care about Call of Duty. I don’t harbour any great resentment towards it, in fact I think it’s a great gateway for casual players to get into gaming and then possibly jump to more thought-provoking experiences. But I haven’t played since Ghosts in 2013, and I haven’t enjoyed it since World at War in 2008. I’m pretty neutral on Call of Duty, all things considered. I’ll still likely be accused of bias though when I tell you Jim Ryan hasn’t got a leg to stand on.

Xbox recently bought Activision Blizzard, meaning, among other things, it now owns Call of Duty. It also means that TheGamer’s boycott of all things ABK is on hold, following promising boardroom developments and pledges of workplace reform. Xbox owning the biggest game on the planet creates a problem for PlayStation, quite obviously. PlayStation has succeeded off the back of having better games. The Xbox One was a solid console with an easy to use menu, that rarely broke, didn’t cost the Earth, and foresaw the integration of gaming consoles into home entertainment units before anyone else. The PS4 was second best in all of those categories, but it had God of War, Horizon, The Last of Us, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man, Days Gone, Uncharted, and more. It had better games, and thus was unanimously declared the generation’s winner.

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However, it also causes a problem for Xbox. Microsoft, so far behind in the exclusives stakes, has pushed the idea that while Sony is a selfish dragon hoarding gold, Xbox means games are for everyone. The