Microsoft will offer Sony a potential concession for 10 years, according to a new report from Reuters. Call of Duty License Agreement Pursue the Activision Blizzard merger. This is according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation. The reason this sounds similar is because on November 11th, The New York Times reported that Microsoft made the same offer to Sony earlier this month.
Sony may not accept 10-year license deal concessions
on the other hand, Reuters The article does not specify that the 10-year license agreement was for the Call of Duty franchise (although it could have been for all of Activision Blizzard’s games as a whole). game developer is reported to be This follows the original New York Times report. Xbox boss Phil Spencer said on Nov. 15 that he promised to release Call of Duty on PlayStation consoles “in the long run” to appease regulators.
The regulator in question this time is the European Commission, which launched an investigation into the Microsoft Activision merger earlier this month. Agencies are providing a formal list of competition concerns in the form of objections, with a deadline of January 2023. Microsoft’s concession to his 10-year license agreement is intended to be a preemptive strike against this objection in order to shorten the regulatory process as much as possible.
However, it remains to be seen if Sony will be the first to accept the concession, given that Sony has welcomed investigations into mergers in the past. , there is no guarantee that the contract will be renewed or even offered again.
