The acquisition process will continue in the coming months, as it needs the approval of various antitrust entities.
Call of Duty and PlayStation fans, we have good news: Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s gaming division, has confirmed that the famous war franchise will continue to be released on Sony consoles . After the announcement of the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, one of the unknowns suspended in the air points to the list of titles from the producer that will become exclusive to Xbox environments. Perhaps the greatest concern was the fate of ‘Call of Duty’, a true bestseller on PlayStation systems.
However, the head of Xbox has wanted to temper the spirits, reassuring the fans and Sony itself, from where they had already expressed their hope that “Microsoft respects the contractual agreements and continues to ensure that Activision games remain multiplatform.” The CEO of Microsoft Gaming assures that the games in the series will continue to be released on PlayStation platforms, even after Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is closed. “I have had good conversations this week with the leaders of Sony,” he describes. “I confirmed to them our intention to honor all existing agreements as part of the Activision acquisition and our desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. Sony is an important part of the industry and we value our relationship.”
The continuity of one of the biggest brands in the entertainment industry on PlayStation consoles was one of the great doubts related to the process of acquiring Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, announced for an amount of almost 70 billion dollars. Previously, in the case of integration into the organization chart of Bethesda, the agreements made before the purchase of the company were also not altered, including the exclusivity of ‘Deathloop’ and ‘Ghostwire: Tokyo’ for PS5. After a while, it now seems that all the games it will launch will be exclusive to platforms linked to the Xbox ecosystem, as is the case with the long-awaited ‘Starfield’.
In contrast, we can also hold on to the background of ‘Minecraft’, from Mojang Studios, a team acquired by Microsoft in 2014. Since then, the game is still available and has been released for multiple platforms, including Switch and PlayStation 4 (compatible with PS5). That is, regardless of whether or not Activision Blizzard becomes part of Microsoft Gaming, even with some of its franchises and new games being marketed exclusively for Xbox, at least as far as ‘Call of Duty’ is concerned, it looks like things will remain unchanged. changes. You can breathe easy now.