{"id":67243,"date":"2022-09-06T02:15:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T02:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsoft-will-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-for-several-more-years-2\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T02:15:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T02:15:37","slug":"microsoft-will-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-for-several-more-years-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsoft-will-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-for-several-more-years-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft will keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for ‘several more years’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microsoft has committed to keeping Call of Duty available on PlayStation for \u201cseveral more years\u201d after the existing marketing deal between Sony and Activision expires \u2014 assuming its acquisition of Activision Blizzard goes ahead.<\/p>\n

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer made the promise in writing to PlayStation president and CEO Jim Ryan earlier this year, according to a report by The Verge. Spencer confirmed the commitment in a statement to the Verge: \u201cIn January, we provided a signed agreement to Sony to guarantee Call of Duty<\/em> on PlayStation, with feature and content parity, for at least several more years beyond the current Sony contract, an offer that goes well beyond typical gaming industry agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spencer has already made several public comments to the same general effect, noting the importance of the PlayStation community to Call of Duty, and comparing the game to Minecraft<\/em>which Microsoft has kept available on PlayStation and other platforms since its acquisition of Mojang in 2014. But this is the first such statement to guarantee the availability of Call of Duty on PlayStation beyond the terms of existing agreements, however vaguely.<\/p>\n

Microsoft is keen not to portray its acquisition of Activision Blizzard as anti-competitive, as it undergoes close scrutiny from worldwide. So this is one leak Spencer and his team will have been quite happy to confirm.<\/p>\n

But, responding to the concerns of the UK’s competition regulator last week, Spencer did say for the first time that Call of Duty games will be coming to the Xbox subscription service, Game Pass. Assuming they remain unavailable on rival products like PlayStation Plus \u2014 which seems likely \u2014 this could still be a quite a differentiator for Microsoft as it seeks to expand the concept of game platforms beyond the hardware used to play games in the home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has committed to keeping Call of Duty available on PlayStation for \u201cseveral more years\u201d after the existing marketing deal between Sony and Activision expires \u2014 assuming its acquisition of Activision Blizzard goes ahead. Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer made the promise in writing to PlayStation president and CEO Jim Ryan earlier this year, according …<\/p>\n

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