

As reported by Bloomberg, Microsoft has apparently offered Sony “the right to put Call of Duty on PlayStation Plus,” in an attempt to placate North American regulators, following the recent lawsuit by the United States Federal Trade Commission. The FTC is challenging Microsoft’s acquisition of one of the largest video game publishers in the world, Activision Blizzard. Microsoft has committed nearly $69 billion to acquire Activision, but after facing scrutiny from regulators in the UK, the company was greeted with further pushback in its home country with this FTC lawsuit. Clearly, the acquisition is facing more regulatory resistance than perhaps most considered, but Microsoft is doing its best to provide concessions in order to make sure it goes through. Just recently, Xbox head Phil Spencer publicly declared the publisher’s offer to put Call of Duty on Nintendo platforms for a guaranteed 10 years, as well as keep the highly popular series on Steam for 10 years, also. Microsoft had previously offered PlayStation the same 10-year deal, though its acceptance has yet to be reported. Similarly, with this PlayStation Plus offer, Bloomberg states, as transcribed by VGC, that PlayStation has “yet to accept the deal.”