Sony Criticizes Microsoft's Offer To Keep Call Of Duty On PlayStation For "Only" Three More Years

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PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has responded to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer saying his company would go above and beyond industry standards and keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for years to come if the Xbox company's acquisition of Activision Blizzard goes through. Ryan told GI.biz that Microsoft offered to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for specifically three years after the existing deal between Activision and Sony finishes. Ryan said this was «inadequate on many levels.»

Ryan said he wasn't going to comment on any of this because it was a «private business discussion,» but he elected to speak out and «set the record straight» because Spencer spoke first.

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«Microsoft has only offered for Call of Duty to remain on PlayStation for three years after the current agreement between Activision and Sony ends,» Ryan said. «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.»

For his part, Spencer said Microsoft's offer to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for what Ryan now said was a period of three years goes «well beyond typical gaming industry agreements.» He added that Call of Duty releases on PlayStation will have «feature and content parity» with the Xbox versions, too.

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