Microsoft sends a long and hard report to the CMA about the purchase of Activision and the impediments of PlayStation.
While regulators such as the one in Brazil approved the purchase agreement between Microsopft and Activision Blizzard in recent days, the UK’s CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) launched a second investigation encouraged by PlayStation complaints. And it didn’t take long to have one. harsh response from Microsoft where he has revealed very important details about the Xbox itself and the future of Call of Duty.
In this report sent to the CMA, for example, Microsoft details until when would Call of Duty be available on PlayStation consoles, a period that was estimated at about five or six years after learning that the company would respect the current contracts. That as long as Microsoft can take over the company without restrictions of any kind by British Morganism.
Call of Duty already has an expiration date on PlayStation
Previously, Jim Ryan made public that the offer to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation was completely “inappropriate” by Microsoft, today we know specifically that this offer marks 2027 as the last year of Call of Duty on PlayStation. This is how those from Redmond explain it on page 15 of the 33-page report sent to the CMA:
“With access to Call of Duty guaranteed until at least [PARTE RECORTADA] under existing contract with Activision Blizzard (and until at least the end of 2027 if you accept Microsoft’s current offer)”
At the moment the final opinion of the CMA on the case remains to be known, but if there is no change in these Microsoft plans, Call of Duty would no longer be available on PlayStation in five years. Would that be enough time for Playstation could raise its own alternative?
In this harsh report from Microsoft, apart from this data on the expiration of Call of Duty on PlayStation, Phil Spencer’s company lists what for her are the PlayStation outrages towards consumers and Xbox for enjoying a dominant position in the market, such as blocking the arrival of Call of Duty on Xbox Game Pass. We will see if after this answer the British prgsnism gives the green light to the agreement between Microsoft and Activision.