Sony is concerned that Microsoft may sabotage Call of Duty games on PlayStation consoles

Sony has already expressed its concerns about Microsoft's deal with Activision Blizzard on several occasions, including concerns about the Call of Duty franchise. In new pdf documents provided by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority, Sony claims that Microsoft could raise the price of Call of Duty, make it available only through its own Xbox Game Pass subscription, and even strategically downgrade the quality of the game specifically for PlayStation.

The Japanese company even cites a hypothetical situation where Microsoft releases Call of Duty on PlayStation, which will have bugs and errors on the final level:

"Microsoft could release a version of Call of Duty for PlayStation where bugs and errors only appear in the final level of the game or after later updates. Even if such degradations could be detected quickly, any remedy would likely come too late, by which time the gaming community would have lost confidence in PlayStation as a place to play Call of Duty. Indeed, as Modern Warfare II shows, Call of Duty is often only bought in the first few weeks after release. If it becomes known that PlayStation performance is worse than Xbox, Call of Duty players may decide to switch to Xbox for fear of playing their favourite game on a second-rate or less competitive platform."

Unsurprisingly, Sony is very worried that Microsoft will prioritise Call of Duty for its own platform or ignore Sony's new hardware features. The two companies have been fighting for the series for years, creating exclusive skins, bonuses and packages that are part of both companies' strategies to attract console gamers to their platforms. But such statements look a little too ridiculous.

Source: The Verge