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PlayStation owners can breathe a sigh of relief. For the last time: Call of Duty isn't leaving PlayStation.

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For the last time: Call of Duty isn’t leaving PlayStation.

At least, that’s the latest promise from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer. Appearing on The Verge’s Decoder podcast , Spencer took time to reiterate and emphasize, once and for all, that the blockbuster first-person shooter franchise will not become exclusive to Xbox at any point in the foreseeable future. And that's even if Microsoft’s US$69 billion acquisition of Call of Duty publisher Activison Blizzard goes through without trouble from international regulators. "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is doing great on PlayStation and on Xbox — so will the next game, and the next, and the next. Native on the platform, not having to subscribe to Game Pass. Sony does not have to take Game Pass on their platform to make that happen. There’s nothing hidden. We want to continue to ship Call of Duty on PlayStation without any kind of weird, 'Aha! I figured out the gotcha.'" There have been concerns since Microsoft announced the titanic Activision merger in January that Call of Duty (the latest entry of which, Modern Warfare 2, is currently on top of the PlayStation Sales charts) would eventually migrate to the Xbox Exclusionary Zone. There was a minor war of words between Xbox and PlayStation back in the summer, as Sony felt Microsoft had not adequately committed to bringing COD to its consoles beyond the next few years. On top of that, some regulatory bodies in countries where Microsoft does business have called the competitive ethics of the deal into question. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority , for example, has argued that Microsoft absorbing Call of Duty could have adverse and unfair effects on Sony’s gaming business. However, according to Spencer, that won’t be a concern. He compared COD to Minecraft, another Microsoft-owned property that nonetheless is available everywhere and has been for years. “Our model is we want to be where players are, especially with franchises the size of Minecraft and Call of Duty,” Spencer told The Verge. “I think our Minecraft history is coming up on eight, nine years and it shows in practice how we will support our customers. That’s what I want to do with Call of Duty.” It’s a bit unusual for someone of Spencer’s stature to speak so plainly and clearly about big business deals like this, but with regulators breathing down Microsoft’s neck, it makes sense. When you spend nearly US$70 billion on something, you want to make sure you can get the most out of it. It’s not unreasonable to fear that Microsoft would eventually wall off Call of Duty because of a games industry precedent, but it wouldn’t make much business sense. The franchise is huge on PlayStation. So, there you have it. Unless something changes, Call of Duty isn’t going anywhere.

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Why is Sony struggling to sell PS5?

In its latest earnings report it confirmed that it has sold 17.3 million units of the PS5, a healthy figure that's nonetheless 3.3 million behind the huge 20.2 million that the PS4 had sold by the same time on the market. With demand still surging, it's a supply issue that's caused the shortfall.

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(Pocket-lint) - The issues being faced by Sony and Microsoft when it comes to manufacturing their latest run of consoles have been well-documented, but new sales estimates from Sony have confirmed that the problems aren't going anywhere. In its latest earnings report it confirmed that it has sold 17.3 million units of the PS5, a healthy figure that's nonetheless 3.3 million behind the huge 20.2 million that the PS4 had sold by the same time on the market. With demand still surging, it's a supply issue that's caused the shortfall. The nonetheless strong sales mean Sony still saw its operating profit grow by 12%, but losing money on each console meant that its gaming revenue actually shrunk slightly. The fact is that the component shortages causing the lack of units on sale are looking likely to continue.

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The PlayStation 5 has sold in 17.3 million units as of December 31, 2021 according to Sony. This compares to 20.2 million for PlayStation 4 in the same timeframe, when launch aligned PS5 has faced significant supply issues. It has been unable to keep up with PS4 despite demand pic.twitter.com/Nz60oElCyK — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) February 2, 2022 Therefore Sony's reduced its estimate for how many PS5 consoles it'll sell in the next fiscal year down to 11.5 million, where it was previously aiming for 14.8 million. That'll disapppoint investors and those still trying to find a PS5 at RRP equally. In another interesting tidbit, Sony indicated that it's aiming to release 10 live service games on PlayStation by 2026, signalling how strongly it intends to get into the market. What part Destiny 2 plays in that process, since it just bought Bungie, remains to be seen.

Writing by Max Freeman-Mills.

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