Microsoft offered Sony a ten-year contract to release Call of Duty games on PlayStation, but the Japanese company is ignoring the agreement

Regulators in 16 countries continue to examine the terms and consequences of the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. European antitrust commissions have decided to extend the proceedings until March 2023, while some countries (Brazil, Saudi Arabia) have already expressed their approval.

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The stumbling block is Call of Duty, as Sony claims that once the deal is done, Microsoft will make games in the series a Xbox console exclusive, depriving PlayStation users of access to it.

A new article in The New York Times claims that in order to expedite approval of the deal, Microsoft has offered Sony a ten-year contract to bring Call of Duty games to the PlayStation.

It is alleged that Sony representatives flatly refused to comment on the offer, so the U.S. corporation sees this silence as a sign of manipulation of the opinion of regulators by the Japanese company and misleading regulators.

Many analysts have already expressed fears that the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard could fail, and to a greater extent the reason will be Sony's position on Call of Duty.