Xbox boss Phil Spencer has made it clear Microsoft never intends to stop releasing new Call of Duty games for PlayStation consoles.
As Eurogamer reports, Spencer made the pledge during an interview with YouTube channel Same Brain, which you can watch below.
When asked about people being upset that the first-person shooter series of games would stop being available on PlayStation in future, Spencer decided to make the situation very clear by stating, "as long as there's a PlayStation out there to ship to, our intent is that we'll continue to ship Call of Duty on PlayStation."
He goes on to compare the situation to Minecraft, explaining "we've expanded the places where people can play Minecraft, we haven't reduced the places. And it's been good, it's been good for the Minecraft community - in my opinion - and we want to do the same when we think where Call of Duty can go over the years."
Making this statement publicly commits Microsoft to honor it, meaning we will now see all future Call of Duty games released on PlayStation. To do otherwise would be embarrassing for Microsoft, create a lot of negative press, and anger gamers.
However, Microsoft would be under no obligation to launch new games on PlayStation at the same time as Xbox, and Call of Duty would no doubt cost $70 on PlayStation while being offered to Xbox owners as part of their monthly Game Pass subscription.
Microsoft's deal to acquire Activision Blizzard is currently under close scrutiny by regulators in different regions of the world. Spencer expects the deal to be completed by June, but an in-depth investigation in the UK could see that date pushed back significantly depending on the outcome.