Sony’s Poorly Redacted Documents Reveal Exciting Details About an Upcoming Call of Duty Game Covered in Their Exclusive Marketing Deal With Activision

Published 06/30/2023, 7:30 AM EDT

The fumble in redacting confidential documents is turning out to be a Sony nightmare. Inadvertently, the console makers have revealed vital information about most of their proceedings. And it has caused an uproar in the FTC vs Microsoft case. These documents have shown how much damage Sony will receive if the Microsoft-Activision deal goes through. And their main cause of concern will be losing Call of Duty.

This cash cow from Activision certainly has a loyal fanbase of over a million users on PlayStation consoles. However, if at any moment Microsoft decides to pull Call of Duty from PlayStation consoles, it would lead to heavy losses for Sony. But for now, the current Sony-Activision deal covers details about a new title from the COD universe.

Sony-Activision deal also covers an unreleased Call of Duty title

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The poorly redacted documents from Sony have spewed yet another industry secret. This time it is for the deal between Sony-Activision. The deal explicitly mentions that Sony has one last Call of Duty game left in its exclusive marketing deal with Activision. The details from the deal read, “[T]he last game covered by the contract is a Call of Duty title to be released in late 2023.” However, what the COD title will be is yet to be known.

The documents about the deal also revealed the profit share Sony gives to third-party publishers like Activision. Although it is hard to decipher what the exact cut is from the poorly redacted documents, it lies somewhere between 10 to 14 percent. While this percentage might seem low, the revenue generated by COD for Sony alone is worth noting. The Activision magnum opus makes the PlayStation makers more than $800 million in profits. So the 10 to 14 percent cut also lands the third-party publisher in multi-million dollars profits.

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But the contents of this deal or the profit share dynamic might change once Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard. The Xbox makers have already offered Sony a three-year and a ten-year deal for Activision titles. However, Sony has refused to accept both of them.

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The results of the FTC vs Microsoft case, however, might change the views of Sony. What are your thoughts on the fumble done by Sony on the documents? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Ajitesh Rawat is an up-and-coming eSports writer at EssentiallySports. An avid gamer himself, Ajitesh grew up just like the majority of the gamers out there by simply falling in love with Need for Speed and Grand Theft Auto. He likes to dive into these vast imaginative worlds and experience the fun himself.

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Sony’s Poorly Redacted Documents Reveal Exciting Details About an Upcoming Call of Duty Game Covered in Their Exclusive Marketing Deal With Activision

Sony-Activision deal also covers an unreleased Call of Duty title

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