In recent years, since Microsoft announced its plan to acquire Activision Blizzard, it has attracted regulatory scrutiny, while Sony has also been opposing the acquisition mainly due to the IP of Call of Duty franchise. Last month, Sony once again submitted relevant documents to the CMA, expressing concerns that if the acquisition is approved, Microsoft may choose to employ a series of strategic measures, such as refusing to provide games to Sony, reducing game features, and lowering the quality of Activision games on the PlayStation platform, which could affect the attractiveness of the PS platform and players' confidence.

In addition, Sony stated that even though issues could be quickly identified, any remedial measures may be too late, causing the gaming community to lose confidence in PlayStation as the preferred platform for playing Call of Duty. Moreover, if people find out that the game performs worse on PS than on Xbox, players may decide to switch to the Xbox platform. Furthermore, Sony added that neither the CMA nor themselves have feasible methods to monitor the quality of games on the PlayStation versions, and there is no way to ensure that SIE receives fair and equal treatment.

Last year, Xbox head Phil Spencer mentioned in an interview that they will keep Call of Duty on the PlayStation platform for a long time and provide a native version. Not long ago, they also officially announced a 10-year contract with Nintendo to bring the Call of Duty series to the Nintendo platform.

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