Microsoft recently confirmed through Phil Spencer that the current agreement between Activision and Sony would not be affected, and that Sony would get Call of Duty releases on PlayStation consoles following for “several more years” past the current one.
However, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan did not seem to be pleased with the idea, calling the offer “inadequate on many levels” in a statement provided to GamesIndustryBiz.
The Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been under scrutiny by many parties, including the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority. Sony has also expressed in the past concerns that Microsoft owning Activision would sway player choices towards Xbox and not PlayStation.
Phil Spencer had said that Xbox had “provided a signed agreement to Sony to guarantee Call of Duty on PlayStation, with feature and content parity, for at least several more years.” Spencer also stated that the offer “goes well beyond typical gaming industry agreements.”
Microsoft is guaranteeing that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, and two releases after that will certainly be on PlayStation.
In response to this, Jim Ryan commented that “Microsoft has only offered for Call of Duty to remain on PlayStation for three years after the current agreement between Activision and Sony ends. After almost 20 years of Call of Duty on PlayStation, their proposal was inadequate on many levels and failed to take account of the impact on our gamers. We want to guarantee PlayStation gamers continue to have the highest quality Call of Duty experience, and Microsoft’s proposal undermines this principle.”
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