Microsoft says it will keep Call of Duty on PlayStation ‘as long as there’s a PlayStation out there’

Microsoft’s Xbox boss Phil Spencer has made his most far-reaching promise about keeping Call of Duty on Sony platforms yet, saying during an interview with the tech and gaming podcast Same Brain that Microsoft intends to keep the games on PlayStation consoles for “as long as there’s a PlayStation out there to ship to.”

The future of Call of Duty is a big sticking point in Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Sony, understandably, is worried about Microsoft making the huge hit series an Xbox exclusive; Microsoft has insisted that it has no such intentions (opens in new tab). But those commitments have previously come with a time frame of some sort: In September, for instance, Microsoft guaranteed Call of Duty on PlayStation “for at least several more years beyond the current Sony contract.” In response, Sony said the actual time frame of the offer was just three years (opens in new tab).