Those statements were made public through recently released court documents, many of which were redacted after Ryan was questioned by the FTC in April. Axios reporter Stephen Totilo recently declassified some of the deleted content on his Twitter feed.

Ryan said bluntly: “It is impossible for Sony to take the risk of providing this information to a company owned by a direct competitor.” He also complained that if Microsoft completes the acquisition, the PS version development process of Activision Blizzard-related games will be interrupted, even if it will completely stop development, and at least seriously hinder Activision Blizzard’s efforts to develop games for PS consoles.

Ryan also said that he is also concerned that Activision Blizzard will no longer have the incentive to adapt PS-exclusive features to its games, such as DualSense haptic feedback, after being acquired by Microsoft. He emphasized: “I believe that Microsoft’s main direction after completing the acquisition is to optimize its overall Xbox business, rather than (prioritizing) Activision Blizzard’s business.”

It was previously reported that Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s Xbox business, has also complained in recent days that Sony is unwilling to provide the PS5 development kit to Microsoft. While other developers got the kit, Microsoft didn’t get the same treatment, putting Microsoft developers at a disadvantage in development.

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That being said, the reality is that most of the Call of Duty PlayStation versions have exclusive content, and Sony itself has a wide variety of exclusive games.

Sony and Microsoft are expected to launch next-generation console platforms seven years from now, according to now-public investigative documents from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) (via PlayStation Lifestyle).

According to the survey report, Sony made it clear that 2027 is the release window for the next-generation game console, which means that Sony will not launch a new generation of home consoles for at least seven years after the release of the PS5.

According to VGC, the CMA expressed concerns about whether Call of Duty could be shared after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard. “This effect is likely to be particularly pronounced at the launch of next-generation consoles, when gamers make different decisions about which console to buy because of exclusive content,” the U.K. regulator said.

In response, Microsoft and Activision responded that “it is undeniable that some gamers may reconsider their purchase direction when a new generation of consoles is released.” The company also pointed out, “This is an event that only happens about once every eight years.” Microsoft added that “next-generation consoles are not expected to be released before the fall of 2028 at any earlier date.”

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