There’s been a lot of back and forth about Activision games staying on PlayStation since Xbox’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard was announced earlier this week.
In a statement provided to Bloomberg yesterday, Sony said that “‘We expect that Microsoft will abide by contractual agreements and continue to ensure Activision games are multiplatform.”
Xbox Head Phil Spencer has come out to say he had good talks with the leaders at Sony and Xbox is not only committed to honour all existing agreements upon Acquisition of Activision Blizzard but they have the desire keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. He went on to say that Sony is an important part of our industry. Obviously, this doesn’t 100% confirm that it will stay on the platforms, but it does sound like Xbox has every intent to keep it there.
Had good calls this week with leaders at Sony. I confirmed our intent to honor all existing agreements upon acquisition of Activision Blizzard and our desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. Sony is an important part of our industry, and we value our relationship.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) January 20, 2022
“Had good calls this week with leaders at Sony. I confirmed our intent to honor all existing agreements upon acquisition of Activision Blizzard and our desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. Sony is an important part of our industry, and we value our relationship.” said Spencer on Twitter.
It’s certainly going to be interesting to see which franchises will become Xbox exclusive, and no doubt that Call of Duty will be on Xbox Game Pass day one, but it’s still great news for those PlayStation gamers that want to stick with Call of Duty.
