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Microsoft Executive Vows to Keep ‘Call of Duty’ on Sony Consoles
- Spencer says deal will help Microsoft gain mobile market share
- FTC claims deals will hurt rivals in console, cloud gaming
The blockbuster deal would vault Microsoft to the No. 3 position in the global games market after Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Sony.
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A Microsoft Corp. executive vowed in court that after the company’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. Call of Duty will remain available on rival Sony Corp’s PlayStation devices, countering the US Federal Trade Commission’s claim that the purchase would thwart competition in the console gaming market.
US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on Friday asked Phil Spencer, who heads Microsoft Gaming, to confirm that Microsoft won’t exclude the popular shooter game from consoles offered by its top competitor Sony.