Sony Is Happy With Their 10 Year Deal From Xbox to Keep Call of Duty on PlayStation

Despite the remarks made during the Activision Blizzard buyout court case, PlayStation seems to be quite happy about the deal they managed to negotiate with Microsoft to keep Call of Duty on their platform for the next 10 years.

Speaking in an interview with CNBC early today, PlayStation’s CEO Jim Ryan (who’s retiring this month) opened up a bit more on the Activision Blizzard acquisition, noting one of the reasons why this was so different compared to past buyouts was due to the size of the publisher. That, and Call of Duty, which is one of the biggest online games available today. 

Despite the case not having the outcome they likely wanted, based on Ryan’s comments during the interview, the publisher is quite happy that they could still walk away with a deal. 

“The reason that we felt this one was different from anything that had happened in the past was the sheer size and importance of the Call of Duty franchise. So, we were absolutely thrilled to be able to negotiate a deal with Microsoft to ensure that franchises remain available on PlayStation platforms for the next 10 years.

That was very important to us, and we’re very happy to have done that deal.”

While the specifics of the deal aren’t fully publicly known, we do know that it promises to bring Call of Duty to PlayStation for the next 10 years. This deal is likely similar to the one that Microsoft made with Nintendo, which promised the game would be available on Nintendo platforms and have content and feature parity. That means PlayStation platform likely won’t have any exclusivity once their former deal is up. 

Modern Warfare 3 is the last Call of Duty that is expected to offer exclusive skins and features on PlayStation, with the deal set to expire this coming November.

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