Selvom at der har været væven om hvorvidt Microsoft egentlig havde i sinde at love Sony, og lovgivere verden over, at Call of Duty vil være tilgængeligt i mindst 10 år på PlayStation-platforme, eller ej, så lader det nu til at være helt officielt.
Microsofts egen Brad Smith har skrevet en artikel i Wall Street Journal, hvor han argumenterer hvorfor at handlen er direkte god for gamere, og her bekræfter han at de gerne tilbyder en juridisk bindende aftale, der holder Call of Duty-serien på PlayStation indenfor en længere tidsramme på mindst 10 år.
"The main supposed potential anticompetitive risk Sony raises is that Microsoft would stop making Call of Duty available on the PlayStation. But that would be economically irrational. A vital part of Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty revenue comes from PlayStation game sales. Given the popularity of cross-play, it would also be disastrous to the Call of Duty franchise and Xbox itself, alienating millions of gamers. That's why we've offered Sony a 10-year contract to make each new Call of Duty release available on PlayStation the same day it comes to Xbox. We're open to providing the same commitment to other platforms and making it legally enforceable by regulators in the US, UK and European Union."
Det er klart at Microsoft står lidt på bagbenet her, men spørgsmålet er om hvorvidt dette ændrer noget?