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Yesterday, Microsoft put online a new website addressing its planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard as a way to try to convince regulators to approve ...

I get that you say what you have to say to try to appease regulators but fundamentally this is a business deal. We'd like to bring the other popular titles that Activision Blizzard has and ensure that they continue to be available on PlayStation, that they become available on Nintendo. I confirmed our intent to honor all existing agreements upon acquisition of Activision Blizzard and our desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. “One of the things we’re being very clear about as we move forward with the regulatory review of this acquisition is that great titles like Call of Duty from Activision Blizzard today will continue to be available on the Sony PlayStation. Sony, as the industry leader, says it is worried about Call of Duty, but we’ve said we are committed to making the same game available on the same day on both Xbox and PlayStation. Our large investment to acquire Activision Blizzard further strengthens our resolve to remove this friction on behalf of creators and gamers alike. And that is also likely to be true for many, many other games that have come out of Microsoft’s publisher buying spree. Again, Microsoft has only committed to making Call of Duty available on PlayStation for three years past the current deal, so there’s literally no guarantee that it stays on the platform indefinitely, as it would if it remained a third party publisher. “Microsoft has only offered for Call of Duty to remain on PlayStation for three years after the current agreement between Activision and Sony ends. [an entire page](https://news.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/642/2022/09/Activision-Acquisition-Quotes_093022.pdf) of just quotes up that are supposed to help convince regulators that this is a good move and not problematic. After almost 20 years of Call of Duty on PlayStation, their proposal was inadequate on many levels and failed to take account of the impact on our gamers. [website ](https://news.microsoft.com/activision-blizzard-acquisition/)addressing its planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard as a way to try to convince regulators to approve the deal.