Microsoft-Activision: Call of Duty will continue out on PlayStation, the Xbox boss reassures everyone

Bought at the beginning of the week for an astronomical sum Flirting the $ 70 billion, the ACTIVIS-BLIZZARD entity will pass the Microsoft / Xbox flag by 2023, the time that the redemption procedure is finalized. Such a commercial maneuver has obviously raised many questions; The monopoly of course, but also the existence of all licenses belonging to Activision and Blizzard on other platforms. It was also one of the most burning topics on social networks, including the Call of Duty license, one of the most played in the world. A Sony spokesman even manifested to the commitments to honor, and therefore pushing Phil Spencer, the boss at XBox to intervene in an official way. It is through a tweet that the now Grand Manitou at the Verte Fluo brand has kept reassuring its market interlocutors, but also the different communities of players: no, call of duty will not become an exclude Xbox and the Games will continue to go out on PlayStation. What to redescend the pressure from people who see such a redemption of a bad eye.

I had good exchanges this week with the bosses of Sony. I confirmed our intention to honor all agreements related to our acquisition of Activision-Blizzard and our desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. Sony is a major player in our industry and we believe our relationship.

In the same way as some Bethesda SoftWorks games, Microsoft knows relevant to make any exclusive redeemed license to their platform is not necessarily a bad move, measuring the risk of passing them for large manipulators with this kind of maneuver. On the other hand, it is certain that the Redmond firm will take advantage of it to take advantage, like recovering the temporary exclusives on the DLCs or the additional content, impose to go through the Xbox Game Pass to enjoy cheaper titles, now, for example, Tariffs much higher at his competitor Sony. Everything is possible.