Microsoft and Sony enter "binding agreement" to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation
Microsoft has announced that it has reached a «binding agreement» with Sony, pledging to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
With Microsoft having won its anti-trust case with the US Federal Trade Commission, its planned acquisition of Call of Duty developers Activision Blizzard has taken a big step closer to becoming a reality. In order to alleviate the concerns of monopoly-building that got Microsoft in legal hot water to begin with, the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, announced yesterday <a href=«https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1680578783718383616?ref_src=» https: target="_blank">via Tweet
that it has entered into an «agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation.»This agreement will no doubt come as a relief to fans concerned that Microsoft's acquisition plans might result in Call of Duty becoming an Xbox exclusive, following in the footsteps of future Bethesda releases. Since Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda caused the studio to break its tradition of offering titles cross-platform for upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield, it's safe to say that there's been some concern as to whether or not the same fate would befall Activision Blizzard's own titles, should the merger go ahead.
We are pleased to announce that Microsoft and @PlayStation 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.July 16, 2023
That said, Microsoft is not out of the woods yet. In the US, the FTC has appealed its court loss, while the UK's decision to block the deal still stands, despite Microsoft's own appeals. Even the acquisition's approval
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