Sony PlayStation chief Jim Ryan says the company is worried about how Microsoft will use Call of Duty:
“We believe that Microsoft intends to use Call of Duty to disadvantage PlayStation in terms of the availability or the manner in which the game is made available on PlayStation and to drive players to Xbox and specifically Game Pass.”
Ryan then goes on to describe how PlayStation players could switch to Xbox:
“A critical feature of a game console in terms of its attractiveness to people that make games is its level of install base. “If a meaningful number of people switched from PlayStation to Xbox... that most certainly would hurt gamers.”
In a private email Ryan from last year, he said he wasn’t concerned about exclusivity. “They’re thinking bigger than that and they have the cash to make moves like this. I’ve spent a fair amount of time with both Phil [Spencer] Bobby [Kotick] over the past day and I’m pretty sure we will continue to see Call of Duty on PlayStation for many years to come.”
