Company Activision Blizzard plans to release at least three more games in the series Call of Duty on consoles PlayStation — the first will appear in the fall of 2022, and the second and third will follow after the takeover by the publishing house corporation Microsoft. This is reported by the journalist with reference to his sources. Bloomberg Jason Schreier.
According to the insider’s interlocutors, who wished to remain anonymous, agreements have long been drawn up between Sony and Activision for the next few games. — long before Microsoft announced plans to buy the publishing house. For several years now, PlayStation has had exclusive rights to advertise its consoles in conjunction with Call of Duty and release themed bundles. The Xbox team will fulfill all the obligations of Activision Blizzard, and what will happen next – not yet known.
“Ultimately [после выпуска следующих трех игр] Microsoft may deprive its main competitor of a major franchise,” Schreier writes.
Last week Phil Spencer contacted with Sony, confirmed the intention to “adhere to all existing agreements” and mentioned the “desire to keep Call of Duty on the PlayStation”. This vague statement caused a heated discussion on the network.
According to Schreier, PlayStation users will receive new full-fledged parts of Call of Duty from Infinity Ward (2022) and Treyarch (2023). A new iteration is also planned for Sony consoles Call of Duty Warzone, which the media has already nicknamed Call of Duty Warzone 2.
Bloomberg asked Sony, Activision and Microsoft to comment on the material, but the first two did not respond, and the Xbox team declined to comment.
Call of Duty is a very important franchise for Sony – half of the top ten highest-grossing games of the PlayStation 4 generation in the US are made up of various members of the series.
After the announcement of the deal between Activision Blizzard and Microsoft, Sony shares fell sharply in price – a week later there was no recovery.