Microsoft will keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for ‘years to come’

Microsoft is committed to keeping Call of duty PlayStation for “many more years” beyond Sony’s marketing deal with Activision. Microsoft Gaming CEO and Xbox chairman Phil Spencer made the promise in a letter to PlayStation chairman Jim Ryan earlier this year, and it’s a clear sign of more. Call of duty PlayStation won’t suddenly disappear from platforms Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal Approved by regulators.

“In January, we gave Sony a signed contract to guarantee it Call of duty On PlayStation, with a balance of features and content that goes beyond the current Sony deal for at least several more years, it goes beyond typical gaming industry deals,” Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said in a statement. on the edge.

How many years exactly? Call of duty The warranty on PlayStation is still unclear, but Bloomberg First reported Earlier this year Microsoft promised to release Call of duty Sony’s marketing deal for the rights to PlayStation “for at least the next two years” could expire in 2024. Microsoft later publicly pledged in February to keep Call of duty “Beyond the current contract and will be available on PlayStation in the future.”

Call of duty Fans are still debating whether Microsoft could technically make the game an Xbox exclusive if Activision’s Blizzard deal ends. Microsoft’s latest statement didn’t specify what happens after those “many more years,” but it’s clear the company is willing to make guarantees. Call of duty Longer than usual on a PlayStation contract.

As part of that commitment, Activision will ease the fears of regulators analyzing Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to buy Blizzard. Advocates Arguing over the importance of Sony and Microsoft Call of duty In documents submitted to Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Security (CADE), this is clearly a sticking point.

Sony says it will be difficult for other developers to create a franchise that competes with Activision Call of duty And it stands out as “a gaming genre”. Microsoft argues that it is not as important as its competitor. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. Microsoft has argued in these documents that it does not distribute games like Gate Call of duty Competing console stores are “simply unprofitable” for the company.

Microsoft says that a strategy of not distributing Activision Blizzard games on competing consoles will only be profitable if the games attract a large number of players to the Xbox ecosystem, resulting in revenue to offset losses from not selling these titles on competing consoles.

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Fears surrounding an Xbox exclusive Call of duty and are then provoked Microsoft bought Bethesda last year. Microsoft also promised to maintain existing contractual agreements with Sony Deathloop on the Play Station but began to develop Red Fall And Starfield Xbox and PC exclusives.

Call of duty Competition fears play a big role in the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Microsoft’s Activision moves to investigate Blizzard deal even closer. The CMA is moving to a Phase 2 investigation, which will see it appoint an independent panel to determine Microsoft’s control over such games. Call of duty And World of Warcraft Harmful to competitors.

The war is over Call of duty As far as ownership goes between Xbox and PlayStation. Sony famously got a deal Additional Call of duty After being the traditional home of Xbox, downloadable content for PlayStation fans in 2015 Call of duty. That battle is sure to continue as Microsoft and Sony’s lawyers continue to argue Call of dutyAnd regulators are trying to determine how important it really is.