To be fair, IGN notes that Sony has a point concerning Battlefield and Call of Duty. While Activision’s brand just had its largest opening weekend ever, EA said that the most recent Battlefield game, Battlefield 2042, “did not meet expectations.” Microsoft may have said that it wants to maintain Call of Duty games on PlayStation “as long as there’s a PlayStation out there to ship to,” but Sony is claiming that Microsoft should not have ownership of the property in the first place.
In addition to the UK’s CMA, the European Commission is looking into Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, and the US Federal Trade Commission has apparently shown interest in looking into the transaction. It signifies that the transaction may not be ready to close for many months.
