microsoft is signing partnerships with just about anyone wholl take them in its attempt to push the xbox activision deal over the line and people are starting to take noteyesterday xbox boss phil spencer announced xboxs fourth 10year deal in as many weeks this time it was ubitus a company best known for its work on the nintendo switchs cloudbased ports that got 10 years of access to xbox pc games as well as activision blizzard titles after the acquisition closes that news came just a day after a very similar deal with ukrainian cloud service boosteroid and only weeks after partnerships with nintendo and nvidiasome of those names are significantly bigger than others and microsoft is now getting clowned on as social media users invent all manner of fake partnerships with obscure and outdated tech a couple of posts one boasting spencers seal of approval describe a deal with texas instruments promising to bring call of duty to a calculator near youmicrosoft has signed a 10 year deal with texas instruments to bring call of duty to a calculator near you pictwittercomo114foazbvmarch 15 2023see moreone post confirms a deal with tamagotchi while others are bringing call of duty to the infamous chickenwarming kfc console and souljaboys bizarre consoles xbox and phill spencer have announced that all xbox games and activision titlesafter being acquired will appear on the tamagotchi in a landmark 10 year deal pictwittercomehow2t5vfhmarch 15 2023see morebreaking news microsoft has announced yet another 10 year deal with kfc to bring call of duty to their kfc console also if you buy an 8 piece family meal you get a free weapon skin pictwittercom4l68eg94a2march 15 2023see moremicrosofts next 10 year call of duty deal pictwittercomiewiuh2ytemarch 15 2023see moreothers are taking an even more mocking stance coming up with partnerships for fledgling platforms that dont really exist but are simultaneously definitely real and used by actual people phil spencer be like we are proud to announce a 10year partnership with flibbingodingo 10 follower account that last tweeted in 2019 to bring call of duty to their cloud streaming service that is definitely real and used by actual peoplemarch 15 2023see morewhile microsofts taking a bit of a beating this is unlikely to be the last we hear of its 10year deals a core aspect of its negotiations with sony is using increased access to call of duty for players around the world as a counter to complaints that itll keep the franchise away from playstation users as soon as it gets the chance or that the acquisition would otherwise give it an unfair advantage especially in cloud gaming while microsofts scattershot tactic is making it the butt of a few jokes i think its better than sonys recent approach of accusations of potential sabotage reportedly as part of a strategy to block the merger at any cost everopposed to microsofts activision acquisition sony claims starfields exclusivity shows why microsoft cant be trusted with call of duty