Amid Ongoing ActiBlizz Acquisition Saga, Modern Warfare 3 Will Be Playable First on PS5, PS4 | Push Square

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In an amusing but inevitable twist considering Sony still holds the Call of Duty marketing rights, the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 will be playable first on PS5 and PS4 – despite Microsoft’s ongoing attempts to acquire publisher Activision Blizzard. By the time the title launches later this year, many are expecting the ink to be dry on the multi-billion-dollar buyout, but that won’t stop PlayStation owners from being able to play the latest title’s public beta five days earlier than anyone else.

Obviously, we’re talking about a minuscule perk in the grand scheme of things here – we’re a long way away from the days where DLC used to launch a month early on Xbox 360 – but it’s an amusing anecdote considering the continuing courtroom chaos this acquisition has caused. The news comes courtesy of a removed YouTube video from PlayStation’s Arabic account, but it’s hard to imagine it’s not accurate.

Sony, who’s signed a ten year contract to keep Call of Duty on its consoles should the aforementioned acquisition go ahead, will presumably be satisfied it still has marketing dibs on this year’s game.

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It's better to have a few million test it than just 12 on Xbox.

I agree it's an interesting wrinkle but bought exclusivity can do one. Rubbish for the customer.

I'd love to have a summary of what happened behind the scenes. I'm sure none of it made sense and Microsoft accepted absolutely anything to calm Sony's tantrum.

Cod being exclusive to Xbox would just be daft. Bobby has questions to answer as to EXACTLY why he sold the company to the lowest selling platform with the