Microsoft confirms: call of Duty will continue to launch on Sony PlayStation platform for another 10 years
CTOnews.com July 17, Microsoft and Sony PlayStation signed an agreement yesterday to ensure that the game "call of Duty" will remain on Sony PlayStation platform.
Foreign media The Verge today confirmed to Kari Perez, global director of communications at Xbox, that the agreement only covers the game "call of Duty" series for a period of 10 years.
▲ Touyuan The VergeCTOnews.com found that the agreement was more similar to the previous 10-year agreement between Microsoft and Nintendo and different from the previous "mutual profit and compromise" agreement between Microsoft and Nvidia.
▲ Picture Source The Verge in addition, there are also many changes in the newly signed agreement with the previous agreement provided by Microsoft to Sony in January 2022. The original agreement proposed by Microsoft to Sony in January 2022 is mainly "before December 31, 2027, retain all the animated games that have been put on the Sony PlayStation platform, including any animated games that have landed on the PlayStation platform, and the" call of Duty "new works in the future.
It is worth mentioning that at the end of last year, Microsoft offered Sony an additional 10-year contract to ensure that the game "call of Duty" remained on Sony PlayStation, but it was rejected by Sony on the grounds that Microsoft was "worried that Microsoft would only provide castrated versions of Sony PlayStation platform."
Jim Ryan, head of Sony's SIE, has previously said he does not want a call of Duty deal because Sony believes Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard violates competition law and hopes regulators will stop Microsoft.
But FTC lost the case a few days ago, and CMA confirmed that it would renegotiate with Microsoft, and now Sony's signing marks the end of the "call of Duty" battle between the two companies.
