Xbox will respect the marketing agreements between PlayStation and the Call Of Duty video game so that it reaches the Sony console for “several more years”, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer promised in a letter sent to Jim Ryan, boss from PlayStation.
This is good news for Sony and for PlayStation owners, as the company had expressed fear that the video game would no longer be available on its console, which would negatively impact its revenue.
“In January we provided a signed deal to Sony to guarantee Call Of Duty on PlayStation, with feature and content parity, for at least several years beyond Sony’s current contract, an offer that goes far beyond typical PlayStation deals. industry,” Spencer said in a statement to the media.
However, it was not specified how many years the presence of the game on PlayStation will be guaranteed, but some reports indicate that the agreement between the franchise and the Japanese company could end in 2024.
On other occasions, Spencer himself has mentioned that the trend of exclusives within the gaming industry will no longer be a weighty strategy in companies, in addition to the fact that they must evolve towards an approach that favors users.
“Maybe you at home buy an Xbox and I buy a PlayStation and our kids want to play together and they can’t because we bought the wrong piece of plastic to plug into our TV,” he said during an interview with Bloomberg.
He also stressed that his goal is to “reduce friction” between players. He highlighted his commitment that the game will come to the Sony console for at least a period and pointed out that the idea of games exclusively created for a device “is something that we will see less and less.”
Likewise, the executive pointed out that although the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is an important step for their business, they are looking for more content through investment in new games, associations or more agreements to reach other regions of creators.
It should be noted that these comments came after several controversies between competing companies, as even Xbox accused of paying “blocks” so that content was not added to Game Pass, according to a document presented by Microsoft before the .
