Xbox head Phil Spencer has revealed that Microsoft and PlayStation have “signed a binding settlement to maintain Name of Obligation on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.”
Spencer took to Twitter to announce the information and share that he’s wanting ahead to a future the place gamers have extra alternative as to the place they wish to play their video games.
We’re happy to announce that Microsoft and @PlayStation have signed a binding settlement to maintain Name of Obligation on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. We look ahead to a future the place gamers globally have extra option to play their favourite video games.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) July 16, 2023
“We’re happy to announce that Microsoft and PlayStation have signed a binding settlement to maintain Name of Obligation on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard,” Spencer wrote. “We look ahead to a future the place gamers globally have extra option to play their favourite video games.”
No additional particulars in regards to the “binding settlement” have been shared by Spencer, so it is unclear precisely how lengthy it’s for or what it entails. It does, nevertheless, comply with Microsoft’s FTC trial the place Spencer mentioned he’ll “do no matter it takes” to maintain Name of Obligation on PlayStation.
“I am making a dedication standing right here that we’ll not pull Name of Obligation – it’s my testimony – from PlayStation,” Spencer added. “As you mentioned, Sony clearly has to permit us to ship the sport on their platform. However absent any of that, my dedication is, and my testimony is that we’ll proceed to ship future variations of Name of Obligation on Sony’s PlayStation 5.”
In December 2022, it was reported that Microsoft’s supply to Sony was to maintain Name of Obligation on PlayStation for 10 years and the Sony had the rights to place Name of Obligation on PlayStation Plus if it desired. It stays to be seen if that’s the settlement these two corporations agreed on or if issues have modified since then.
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