A Significant Percentage of PlayStation Gamers Bought a Sony Console Because of Call of Duty, According to CMA Survey

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Sony’s been quite an active voice against the Microsoft-Activison acquisition deal for a while now, and a recent survey by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has just revealed some interesting information regarding the company’s PlayStation line of consoles. The survey, which focused on PlayStation gamers, revealed that a large portion of the respondents chose a PlayStation console due to Call of Duty.

The actual percentage, which stands at a surprisingly high 73%, ranks as the highest game on the CMA document‘s “game availability” chart. For reference, of the total number of respondents, 88% of them were influenced by the availability of one or more particular games on PlayStation. The second-highest non-exclusive game, GTA 5, ranks at 45% instead. PS exclusive games were bundled up into one separate category and ranked second at 69%.

Another chart reveals the likeliest course of action in the event that future Call of Duty games would be unavailable. Around 24% of respondents stated they would buy another device instead of a PlayStation, while 21% would simply stop playing CoD entirely.

Though Call of Duty is very much a multiplatform gaming franchise, it’s clear that Sony may be affected by the Microsoft-Activision acquisition if the deal would result in CoD going Xbox-exclusive.

Source: CMA Survey Document

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