Nov. 1 (Portaltic/EP) –
Xbox has ensured that, in the event that the purchase agreement for the ActivisionBlizzardwill continue to support Call Of Duty on its main competitor, the PlayStation 5 (PS5) console, as long as it exists.
Last January, Microsoft, owner of Xbox, reached a commercial agreement to acquire the video game developer for about 60.3 billion of eurosa movement that generated certain doubts about the future of games compatible with PlayStation.
Since then there has been a constant confrontation between its manufacturer, Sony, and Xbox because the Japanese company considers that this purchase would be a disadvantage for its console and fears a possible monopoly in the field of ‘gaming’.
Its most ambitious video game, Call Of Duty, is being the center of these disputes, since Sony believes that by proceeding with the purchase of Activision Blizzard, Xbox would integrate it into its subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, exclusively.
Recently Microsoft has accused Sony and the American publisher of having formalized an agreement that would prevent the arrival of deliveries on its gaming platform. in the cloud “for several years”. This complaint has been produced in the framework of the second investigation of the Competition and Markets Authority of the United Kingdom (CMA), which will conclude on March 1.
Now in one recent interview On the YouTube channel Same Brain, the person in charge of Microsoft Gaming and head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, has confirmed that, in the event that the acquisition finally takes place, Call Of Duty would remain on PlayStation.
“We are not going to remove Call Of Duty from PlayStation. Our intention is not to do that, at least while the PlayStation is there. We will continue to support the console, something similar to what we have done with minecraft since we are owners of this game”, commented the manager.
