PlayStation’s Jim Ryan calls out Xbox over its “inadequate” Call of Duty offer

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When Microsoft announced its acquisition of Activision, one immediate assumption was that the Call of Duty franchise would release solely for Xbox going forward. However, Microsoft would later insinuate this wouldn’t be the case and that certain Activision titles would continue to release for other platforms, such as PlayStation.

Very recently, Xbox boss Phil Spencer even told The Verge that an agreement had been signed with Sony to ensure Call of Duty games would release for PlayStation for at least “several more years” after Sony’s own contract with Activision had expired. However, PlayStation’s own Jim Ryan has called out Microsoft, saying that by “several”, Microsoft only meant three.

“I hadn’t intended to comment on what I understood to be a private business discussion, but I feel the need to set the record straight because Phil Spencer brought this into the public forum,” Ryan told GamesIndustry.biz.

Spencer described Microsoft’s offer as “an offer that goes well beyond typical gaming industry agreements,” but Ryan clearly disagrees, calling it “inadequate.”

“Microsoft has only offered for Call of Duty to remain on PlayStation for three years after the current agreement between Activision and Sony ends,” he says. “After almost 20 years of Call of Duty on PlayStation, their proposal was inadequate on many levels and failed to take account of the impact on our gamers. We want to guarantee PlayStation gamers continue to have the highest quality Call of Duty experience, and Microsoft’s proposal undermines this principle.”

While Call of Duty has never been a PlayStation exclusive, Activision and Sony have had a special arrangement regarding the franchise for a long time. There’s a reason why the public betas for the