PlayStation and Microsoft sign binding agreement on CoD games
have signed a binding agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. We look forward to a future where players globally have more choice to play their favorite games.“From Day One of this acquisition, we’ve been committed to addressing the concerns of regulators, platform and game developers, and consumers.
How this would impact the PlayStation ecosystem down the line is also unclear, with internal mails shared during the aforementioned hearings showing that Sony was not overly concerned with CoD exclusivity, which is contrary to what the company has stated publicly. “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,” PlayStation head Jim Ryan claimed last year.
While we do not know how long the binding agreement is for, it is likely longer than the three years mentioned above. Either way, it looks like Microsoft has negotiated another hurdle as regards its acquisition of Activision Blizzard,
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