With that said, all of these promises have largely been made in the media. There are some contracts signed with other platform holders like Valve and Nintendo to put Call of Duty on those platforms for the next ten years, but Sony has rejected these same offers. With that said, during a hearing with regards to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision, Xbox boss Phil Spencer testified that so long as Sony will allow them to, Xbox will continue to publish Call of Duty on PlayStation. All past, current, and future Call of Duty games are committed to going on PlayStation. Spencer also noted that this would stretch to future PlayStation consoles, beyond the PS5. Given Spencer said this under oath, it's pretty significant. As of right now, Xbox has no power over Call of Duty. It can only say what it wants to do with the franchise, but it does not yet own Activision.
Spencer has since clarified his comment and said Microsoft would make Call of Duty for the PS5 and “future PlayStation” consoles too
— CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) June 23, 2023
As of right now, we're in the endgame of this long, drawn out legal drama. Call of Duty is expected to get another new entry later this year and it would likely be the first game under Xbox's ownership, should the acquisition go through. However, given it's pretty late in development, it's unlikely Xbox would be able to make many sweeping changes to this new entry outside of likely putting it on Xbox Game Pass.
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