The Activision Blizzard Call of Duty website on a laptop computer. Nadella said he would “100%” commit to keeping the Call Of Duty shooter game on Sony’s gaming platforms. — Bloomberg
Micrososft Corp’s chief executive officer reaffirmed his company’s promise to keep Activision Blizzard Inc’s top-selling Call Of Duty on rival Sony Corp’s PlayStation console as he sought to defend the biggest-ever video gaming deal from a regulatory attack.
Microsoft called its own CEO, Satya Nadella, and Activision CEO Bobby Kotick to testify in San Francisco federal court on June 28 to reinforce its argument that the companies’ US$69bil tie-up won’t hurt competition in the markets for console and subscription-based games.
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