Sony officially responds to the news of the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, also speaking of the expectations that it would have regarding the release of the games on PlayStation
While Microsoft literally jolts the entire gaming landscape, fueling the joy and worries of gamers with the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, PlayStation seems intent on continuing to stay focused on its strategies. This month has indeed been quite prolific for the new direction taken by the titles produced in recent years in the studios of Sony, with the arrival of God of War on PC and the imminent release of Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection also on Steam.
Additionally, a glitzy trailer covering the story of Horizon Forbidden West was also released just yesterday, and the enthusiastic reactions from fans prove it anyway. the still undisputed power of Sony’s exclusives. In addition, today the company also wanted to respond to the growing doubts about the future now that Activision Blizzard has passed into the hands of Microsoft, releasing statements regarding what will happen to the games of the software house on PlayStation.
What would make Activision Blizzard games stay on PlayStation
The answer in question, readable on the pages of the Wall Street Journal, does not go too far on the expectations that Sony wants to continue to place towards Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, and the treatment that games that have been launched so far always as cross-platform titles will suffer. This is the first official statement made by the Japanese company after this gigantic deal, and goes to recall the long relationship that PlayStation has maintained so far with Activision. Sony spokesperson explains how the company expects Microsoft to engage in contractual arrangements, and that it continues to ensure the multi-platform for Activision’s works.
Sony has published a first statement after Microsoft’s announcement of acquiring Activision-Blizzard
‘We expect that Microsoft will abide by contractual agreements and continue to ensure Activision games are multiplatform.’https://t.co/r5qqBtz89E pic.twitter.com/l1ifTEOOG5
– Nibel (@Nibellion) January 20, 2022
In the past few hours, Phil Spencer had already talked about the possibility of making games created by Activision Blizzard exclusive, even if he has been rather vague on this subject. The only things he has let out clearly are his intentions in bring as much content as possible into the Game Pass catalog, and not wanting to steal player communities from other platforms. In any case, it will be unlikely that Activision Blizzard will go to remove the games already present on the various consoles, but it is difficult to say instead what kind of treatment the new titles not yet announced will suffer.
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