Spencer confirms Call of Duty set to remain on PlayStation
25/01/2022The Call of Duty franchise is set to remain on Sony’s PlayStation platform, according to Phil Spencer, head of Xbox.
Following Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard last week, for a reported $70bn, PlayStation players have continued to voice their concerns for the future of Call of Duty on Sony’s platform and it becoming an Xbox-exclusive title.
Those concerns were nullified when Spencer tweeted that Microsoft will continue to work with Sony and Keep the much-loved Call of Duty franchise on the PlayStation platform.
Spencer’s tweet read: “Had good calls this week with leaders at Sony. I confirmed our intent to honour all existing agreements upon acquisition of Activision Blizzard and our desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation.
“Sony is an important part of our industry, and we value our relationship.”
Details on how Microsoft will exactly execute these plans have not been revealed but some have speculated that the “desire” to keep CoD on PlayStation may manifest in an effort to get Game Pass onto PS4 and PS5.
The next Call of Duty is rumoured to be Modern Warfare 2 and is set to release between October and November of 2022. However, Activision mentioned that the Microsoft deal isn’t set to complete until 2023 so we might need to wait and see if there are any exclusives (like Game Pass) or bonus rewards for Xbox players going forward.
