Sony already has an idea of ​​when the console will be available

Not a day goes by that we don’t hear about Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard. The latest item is from of a newly unveiled document over there Competition Markets Authority (CMA), the UK equivalent of our Competition Authority. We learn that the American manufacturer has offered Sony Interactive Entertainment to continue marketing Call of Duty on PlayStation consoles until 2027. Given the timing, we can assume that this offer was made after the three-year deal mentioned. recently by Jim Ryan, and before the ten-year contract that Microsoft recently boasted about in the columns of the New York Times.

The concern of the Japanese giant lies in the fact that according to him, 2027 will coincide with the end of the cycle of the Xbox Series and the PS5. A point visibly shared by Microsoft. “Indeed, at the earliest, the next generation of consoles should not arrive before the end of 2028.“, can we read, the Redmond firm stressing once again that the impact of the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is based only on speculation. “By the time Sony Interactive Entertainment launches its next PlayStation (which should be around [information effacée]), it will no longer have access to Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard games, which will expose it to player desertion and therefore to a deterioration in its competitiveness.“, explains for its part the camp opposite.

On the side of Phil Spencer, it is estimated that even if Microsoft decided to make Call of Duty an Xbox exclusive, Sony Interactive Entertainment would have plenty of time to adapt its commercial strategy. “Even assuming that Sony Interactive Entertainment has the resources to create a successful franchise such as Call of Duty, it would take many years and billions of dollars to develop a real challenger – and the case of Battlefield shows that ‘despite many efforts, the attempt may be unsuccessful“, replies his rival.

It should be noted that an arrival of the PS6 and the next Xbox in 2028 is only a simple hypothesis, because it is above all the evolution of the market which dictates its law to manufacturers.