Microsoft owning Call of Duty means end of its console-exclusive DLC, Xbox boss says

Call of Duty will no longer feature console-exclusive DLC content if it is owned by Microsoft, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said.

Speaking to Xbox On, Spencer said future versions of Activision’s shooter franchise would simply aim to be “the best version of Call of Duty” on any platform, without offering extra skins or guns to Xbox players.

Of course, all of this is contingent on Microsoft completing its $68.7bn Activision Blizzard buyout – which is by no means a done deal.

Still, the end of console-exclusive content would mark the end of a very long era for Call of Duty – which has for years offered exclusive extras available first on PlayStation.

“I know this is part of the industry,” Spencer said, discussing console-exclusive content. “That’s not the game we’re trying to play here either. It’s not about a skin on a gun. It’s not about a certain kind of mode of the game.