Microsoft has been pursuing the purchase of Activision Blizzard. A ton of money is at play here, and regulators are the only thing holding this acquisition up. However, that is not stopping Microsoft from pushing back and making the necessary appeals to ensure this deal doesn’t fall through. You might be interested in knowing that Sony is stating PS6 details will be off the tables for Activision. That’s, of course, if Activision Blizzard ends up being purchased.
Right now, Activision Blizzard is still independent. We haven’t seen the deal fully get approved for Microsoft just yet. But thanks to a report from VGC, we’re learning that a new deposition from PlayStation head Jim Ryan and the US Federal Trade Commission confirms PS6 will remain a secret. It might be hard to imagine a PlayStation 6 announcement is coming, but Sony is thinking down the road. The deposition documents, which were highlighted online by Stephen Totilo on Twitter, show that Sony previously connected with Activision over the PlayStation 5.
Apparently, their discussions helped improve the PlayStation 5 with some unique features. It’s believed that these discussions helped improve the console for the market release. But if the Microsoft team does end up being successful in acquiring Activision Blizzard, then Sony doesn’t have any plans to share future PlayStation hardware details with Activision. That’s also a bit to be expected with Microsoft owning the company at that point.
Right now, it’s a waiting game to see if Microsoft is able to acquire Activision Blizzard. It would certainly help strengthen the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, with plenty of games being added into the mix, along with Call of Duty becoming a franchise that will launch on Game Pass. However, it’s worth noting that this is a game franchise that won’t become exclusive to the Xbox line of console platforms. Instead, Microsoft has been rather vocal about allowing Call of Duty to remain on competitor platforms like the Sony PlayStation. So we could very well see Call of Duty release with features that don’t necessarily incorporate the line of PlayStation-specific features. But again, we very well could see this deal fall through at this point.
