Xbox head Phil Spencer has revealed that Microsoft and PlayStation have “signed a binding settlement to maintain Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.”
Spencer took to Twitter to announce the information and share that he’s wanting ahead to a future the place gamers have extra selection as to the place they need to play their video games.
We are happy to announce that Microsoft and @PlayStation have signed a binding settlement to maintain Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. We stay up for a future the place gamers globally have extra option to play their favourite video games.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) July 16, 2023
“We are happy to announce that Microsoft and PlayStation have signed a binding settlement to maintain Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard,” Spencer wrote. “We stay up for a future the place gamers globally have extra option to play their favourite video games.”
No additional particulars concerning the “binding settlement” have been shared by Spencer, so it is unclear precisely how lengthy it’s for or what it entails. It does, nevertheless, observe Microsoft’s FTC trial the place Spencer stated he’ll “do no matter it takes” to maintain Call of Duty on PlayStation.
“I’m making a dedication standing right here that we are going to not pull Call of Duty – it’s my testimony – from PlayStation,” Spencer added. “As you stated, Sony clearly has to permit us to ship the sport on their platform. But absent any of that, my dedication is, and my testimony is that we are going to proceed to ship future variations of Call of Duty on Sony’s PlayStation 5.”
In December 2022, it was reported that Microsoft’s supply to Sony was to maintain Call of Duty on PlayStation for 10 years and the Sony had the rights to place Call of Duty on PlayStation Plus if it desired. It stays to be seen if that’s the settlement these two corporations agreed on or if issues have modified since then.
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