Xbox and PlayStation are having a fairly public dispute over where Call of Duty will be playable in the future.
It goes without saying that Call of Duty is one of the biggest franchises in entertainment history, consistently racking up billions of dollars in sales and microtransactions.
The brand has only become more valuable with free-to-play spin-offs like Call of Duty: Mobile and Call of Duty: Warzone elevating the brand and offering other revenue streams on top of the annual main release.
It is a mainstay of the online gaming community and has become a prominent franchise for both Xbox and PlayStation at different times due to marketing exclusivity deals.
Now things are changing with the imminent closing of Xbox’s acquisition of Activision.
Previously, Xbox head Phil Spencer had stated that he plans to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation and guaranteed that it would continue to exist there for at least several more years.
This says the people of PlayStation
However, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has some gripes with this and doesn’t think the deal is “right”.
Talking with GamesIndustry.biz, Ryan voiced his complaints about the future of Call of Duty on PlayStation, suggesting that this deal would only ensure the game is available on the platform for the next three releases, which would likely mean Call of Duty has a chance to become an exclusive. for Xbox in 2026.
“I did not intend to comment on what I understood to be a private business discussion, but I feel the need to set the record straight because Phil Spencer brought this up in the public forum. Microsoft has only offered Call of Duty to remain on PlayStation for three years after of the end of the current agreement between Activision and Sony. After almost 20 years of Call of Duty on PlayStation, their proposal was inadequate on many levels and did not take into account the impact on our players. We want to ensure that PlayStation players continue to have the highest quality Call of Duty experience, and Microsoft’s proposal undermines this principle.”
It’s unclear at this point if Xbox simply hasn’t put in writing that Call of Duty will remain on PlayStation after the marketing deal ends, as Xbox may want flexibility in the future on how to release the game, or if Xbox actually does. does. he plans to make it an exclusive in a few years.
This is probably not the end of the story. It remains to be seen how Spencer and Xbox will respond.
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