When Call of Duty launches on PlayStation consoles later this year, it will be the last. At least, the latter with the current contract. The Terms may or may not change as the Activision Blizzard acquisition progresses.
As revealed in a poorly drafted document (they skillfully hid key parts!), filed during Microsoft’s lawsuit against the FTC, Sony’s current contract with Activision for Call of Duty It ends in 2024. However, this contract Does not include 2024 Call of Duty game.
“[O] The last game covered by the contract is Call of Duty, which will be released in late 2023,” the document reads.
Microsoft offered Sony a 10-year franchise contract to stay on the platform if the acquisition went ahead. However, Sony declined the offer.
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– Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 28, 2023
As part of the poorly drafted documents, it was revealed that Call of Duty made over $27 billion in its lifetime. Furthermore, Call of Duty has been claimed to have between 7 and 10 million active users. It also states that “nearly 1 million users spent 100% of their time playing Call of Duty” in 2021.
Even though the contract has expired, Activision says it plans to bring the game to PlayStation with or without a new contract. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said Thursday that Call of Duty isn’t console exclusive because the company doesn’t want to “waste 100 million monthly active players.”
What do you make of the fact that Sony’s current Call of Duty deal only includes one more game later this year?
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