Call of Duty: PlayStation Blames Xbox – ‘Insufficient’ Commitment   

“He doesn’t think about our players”

Behind the scenes, it seems, the $68.7 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard from Xbox has gotten big. Sony and Microsoft have found themselves fighting over the future of the Call of Duty franchise, with one company blaming the other.

Now, following the recent revelation that Microsoft sent a written letter to Sony earlier this year regarding the future of Call of Duty on the platform, the head of PlayStation, Jim Ryan , is coming out publicly to blame Xbox’s Phil Spencer , stressing that his proposal was inadequate and that he does not think about PlayStation players.

Specifically, speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Ryan stated:

I had no intention of commenting on this matter, as I thought it was a private professional discussion. However, I feel the need to clear things up because Phil Spencer has brought the matter into the public debate.

Microsoft has offered to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for just three years after the current deal between Activision and Sony expires.

After nearly 20 years with Call of Duty on PlayStation, their proposal was inadequate on many levels and did not consider the impact on our own players. We want to guarantee that PlayStation players continue to have the highest quality Call of Duty experience, and Microsoft’s proposal undermines that goal.

At this point it is worth mentioning that according to a Bloomberg report from the beginning of the year, PlayStation has the marketing rights to Call of Duty until 2024. So, based on the letter we learned that Microsoft sent, the franchise will it remained on PlayStation consoles until 2027, after which it would likely become exclusive.

For the record,  as we informed you  at the beginning of August, Brazil’s Administrative Council of Economic Defense (CADE) released several official documents containing interesting information. Specifically, in this context we learned about Xbox’s claims that PlayStation is actively trying to put a brake on the further development of Xbox Game Pass, even paying game developers “blocking rights” to never come to the Game Pass subscription service, while PlayStation for his part, he wants to block the takeover, as he believes it will harm competition.

According to the documents of the aforementioned Brazilian organization, Sony was the only company in the industry that raised strong objections to the Xbox and Activision union, emphasizing that Call of Duty “is a must-have game, a blockbuster, a AAA that has no competitor “.