Announced by Microsoft's gaming chief Phil Spencer President of Microsoft Corporation Brad Smith This morning, Sony announced that it has signed a “binding agreement” on a deal to keep the Call of Duty series on PlayStation platforms, in which the duration of the agreement was not mentioned, similar to the agreement between Nintendo and Nvidia.

This has relieved many gamers, especially the Xbox audience, who are eager to get the full series of footage on the Xbox Game Pass service after the acquisition deal with Activision Blizzard was finally closed, which confirms the end of the crisis for the organizers and their concerns with Microsoft anytime soon.

What also caught the attention of the media and gamers is that the announcement did not address the duration of this mandatory agreement that gives Sony the right to keep the Call of Duty shooter series on PlayStation platforms.

Kari Perez, Xbox's head of global communications, confirmed that the PlayStation deal's commitment period extends to 10 years, making it similar to a deal between Microsoft, Nintendo, Nvidia and other cloud gaming platforms to bring Call of Duty to competing services, but does not include any other games from the Activision Blizzard family of brands.

From day one of this acquisition, we have been committed to addressing the concerns of regulators, platform and game developers, and consumers. Even after we cross the finish line for approval of this deal, we will remain focused on ensuring that Call of Duty remains available on… https://t.co/hMWjC58wRi

— Brad Smith (@BradSmi) July 16, 2023

And according to journalist familiar with the details of the deal, Tom Warren, there was an email from the PlayStation boss Jim Ryanin which he confirmed that both Microsoft and Sony have been in discussions about the future of Activision titles on PlayStation platforms for 18 months.

In August 2022, send spencer Ryan gave a list of Activision games that will still be available on the PlayStation, but Ryan didn't like the list because it was devoid of some titles like Overwatch 2, and this list only referred to Microsoft's desire to keep Call of Duty on the PlayStation platform, which Sony didn't like.

Through the email message, court documents revealed a message from Rayyan to spencer He says he wasn't worried about Call of Duty and is "completely confident" the game will be available on PlayStation for many years to come. But Ryan wasn't happy about putting spencer publicly for the negotiations of the two companies, after having participated spencer This information comes from The Verge, confirming at the same time saying that “The show is inadequate on several levels and does not take into account the impact on players.”

So Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard came to light when it happened Jim Ryan to the head of Activision Bobby Kotick On Feb. 21, 2023, the same day the three companies and others met with European regulators, he said. Ryan to Kotik “I don't want a new Call of Duty contract. I just want to stop the merger.According to leaked documents.