{"id":13823,"date":"2022-09-03T14:50:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T14:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/09\/03\/microsoft-will-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-for-several-more-years-beyond-existing-deal\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T14:50:26","slug":"microsoft-will-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-for-several-more-years-beyond-existing-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/09\/03\/microsoft-will-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-for-several-more-years-beyond-existing-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft will keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for \u2018several more years\u2019 beyond existing deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microsoft is committing to keeping Call of Duty<\/em> on PlayStation for \u201cseveral more years\u201d beyond the existing marketing deal Sony has with Activision. Microsoft Gaming CEO and Xbox chief Phil Spencer made the commitment in a written letter to PlayStation head Jim Ryan earlier this year, and it\u2019s the clearest sign yet that Call of Duty<\/em> won\u2019t suddenly disappear from PlayStation platforms if Microsoft\u2019s $68.7 billion deal<\/a> is approved by regulators.<\/p>\n

\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 says Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer in a statement to The Verge<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Exactly how many years Call of Duty<\/em> is guaranteed on PlayStation still isn\u2019t crystal clear, but Bloomberg <\/em>originally reported<\/a> earlier this year that Microsoft was committed to releasing Call of Duty<\/em> on PlayStation \u201cfor at least the next two years,\u201d suggesting that Sony\u2019s marketing deal for the franchise could expire in 2024. Microsoft then publicly committed in February<\/a> to keeping Call of Duty<\/em> \u201cavailable on PlayStation beyond the existing agreement and into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Call of Duty<\/em> fans still debate over whether Microsoft could technically make the game an Xbox exclusive if the Activision Blizzard deal finalizes. Microsoft\u2019s latest statement doesn\u2019t address what happens after those \u201cseveral more years,\u201d but it\u2019s clear the company is willing to guarantee Call of Duty<\/em> on PlayStation for a longer than usual period than it contractually has to. <\/p>\n

Part of that commitment will be to ease fears from regulators who are analyzing Microsoft\u2019s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard. Lawyers for Sony and Microsoft have been arguing over the importance of Call of Duty<\/em><\/a> in documents submitted to Brazil\u2019s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) regulator, and it\u2019s plainly a sticking point.<\/p>\n

Sony claims it would be difficult for other developers to create a franchise that rivals Activision\u2019s Call of Duty <\/em>and that it stands out \u201cas a gaming category on its own.\u201d Microsoft argues it\u2019s not as important as its rival makes it out to be. The reality is somewhere in the middle. Microsoft has also argued in these documents to CADE that not distributing games like Call of Duty<\/em> at rival console stores \u201cwould simply not be profitable\u201d for the company. <\/p>\n

Microsoft says a strategy of not distributing Activision Blizzard games on rival consoles would only be profitable if the games could attract a high number of players over to the Xbox ecosystem, resulting in revenue to compensate for losses from not selling these titles on rival consoles.<\/p>\n

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The fears around Xbox exclusivity for Call of Duty<\/em> have also been stoked after Microsoft acquired Bethesda last year<\/a>. Microsoft promised to retain existing contractual agreements with Sony for Deathloop<\/em><\/a> on PlayStation but went on to make Redfall<\/em><\/a> and Starfield<\/em> Xbox and PC exclusives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Call of Duty<\/em> competition fears have also played a big part in the UK\u2019s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) moving to investigate Microsoft\u2019s Activision Blizzard deal<\/a> more closely. The CMA is moving to a phase 2 investigation that will see it appoint an independent panel to determine whether Microsoft\u2019s control over games like Call of Duty<\/em> and World of Warcraft <\/em>could harm rivals.<\/p>\n

The battle over Call of Duty <\/em>between Xbox and PlayStation has existed for as long as the franchise has. Sony famously secured a deal<\/a> for extra Call of Duty<\/em> downloadable content for PlayStation fans in 2015, after Xbox had been the traditional home for Call of Duty<\/em>. That battle will surely continue as lawyers for Microsoft and Sony continue to argue about Call of Duty<\/em>, and regulators try to decide exactly how important it really is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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