The agreement between Microsoft and Sony only covers Call of Duty. The fate of the remaining Activision Blizzard games on PlayStation is still unknown

Yesterday, Xbox chief Phil Spencer revealed that Microsoft and Sony have signed an agreement to guarantee the release of Call of Duty games on PlayStation for ten years after the deal with Activision Blizzard is finalised.

However, there was no word on other equally popular games, the rights to which are owned by Activision Blizzard (World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Crash Bandicoot, Guitar Hero, Spyro, StarCraft, Hearthstone and others).

Here's What We Know

Editors of the portal The Verge became known to the details of the agreement between Microsoft and Sony.

According to insider information, in January 2022 Microsoft offered the Japanese competitor access to all Activision Blizzard games until 2027. PlayStation head Jim Ryan (Jim Ryan) considered such an offer unacceptable for Sony and refused it.

Ryan probably hoped that he would be able to prevent the merger of the American giants. But now it's clear that his efforts were not only in vain, but also went to Sony's detriment. If he had signed the contract offered by Microsoft in the winter of 2022, all of Bobby Kotick's games would have been guaranteed to be released on PlayStation. But Phil Spencer's patience ran out and he never made such a generous offer again. Thus, users of Japanese consoles can still count only on Call of Duty, and other games may well become exclusive to Microsoft platforms.

It's likely that in time, other agreements may be made to release Activision Blizzard projects on PlayStation.

Source: The Verge