During the FTC-Microsoft trial today, it was revealed that Sony’s head gaming executive did not think Call of Duty would become an Xbox exclusive–at least in early 2022.
According to newly released emails (via The Verge), we know that PlayStation boss Jim Ryan spoke to the former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Chris Deering, and said this about the purchase:
“It is not an exclusivity play at all,” Ryan said. “They’re thinking bigger than that, and they have the cash to make moves like this. I’ve spent a fair amount of time with both Phil [Spencer] Bobby [Kotick] over the past day, and I’m pretty sure we will continue to see Call of Duty on PlayStation for many years to come.”
This information seems to contradict what Sony has been claiming lately. In the past, Sony has expressed concerns about Microsoft making Call of Duty an Xbox Game Pass exclusive or that Microsoft could potentially make Call of Duty worse for PlayStation. But Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, has repeatedly said it has no plans to do so and recently stated that Xbox would suffer “irreparable harm” if it went back on CoD PlayStation promises. Late last year, Microsoft even offered a 10-year deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation, but Sony hasn’t signed it.
For more news on the FTC-Microsoft trial, check out our story on The Last Of Us Part 2 and Horizon Forbidden West budgets were revealed by accident and how Dayz 2 was seemingly revealed.
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