In his personal letters, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has taken a positive stance towards Xbox and expects Call of Duty wargames to continue to be released on Sony game consoles, despite Xbox openly mentioning its desire to shut down the shooter for Sony consoles. It has been reported ArsTechnica.
“This (Call of Duty. – socialbites.ca) will definitely not be a special game. They think big and have the money to make these moves,” Ryan wrote in an email in January 2022.
Ryan also admitted to having successful meetings with Xbox head Phil Spencer, with whom he entered into correspondence discussions through media interviews and comments.
“I spent quite a bit of time with him the other day. [главой Xbox Филом Спенсером] And [президентом Activison Blizzard] bobby [Котиком]”, – noted the head of Sony’s gaming division in one of the letters.
In the post, Ryan expresses his confidence in partnerships between game companies after Microsoft acquired Activison Blizzard, developer of the Call of Duty (CoD) series.
“I am confident we will continue to see CoD on PlayStation for many years to come. I am not calm and I would prefer that this (Activision Blizzard. – Purchase of socialbites.ca) not happen, but everything will be in order, not in order, ”she concluded.
In mid-June, during the hearings regarding Microsoft’s deal with Activision Blizzard, Jim Ryan He talked about Sony’s plans on the newly unannounced PlayStation 6 game console.
Microsoft announced in early 2022 that it was acquiring Activision Blizzard for the gaming industry for a record $68.7 billion, but the deal is still being evaluated by US regulators and could be canceled due to the risk of industry monopoly.