PS Plus promised Call of Duty for next ten years in latest Sony offer By Lee Brady, 13 Dec 2022 FollowtopicsCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IIActivisionPlayStation PlusIndustry NewsLee Brady PS Plus forms the biggest factor in Microsoft's latest Call of Duty offer to Sony, with the Xbox maker dead set on winning regulator approval of its pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard King.After refusing to agree to Microsoft's ten-year Call of Duty deal for PlayStation consoles, Sony has reportedly been offered an even sweeter deal: Call of Duty on PS Plus for ten years. As the competition between Sony and Microsoft's subscription services continues to grow, the opportunity to add Call of Duty to the library of PS Plus' best games would likely allow Sony enough time to weather the blow should the series go Game Pass exclusive at a later date.Call of Duty assurances for PS Plus might make all the difference for Sony.Microsoft's latest Call of Duty offer prioritises Sony's PS PlusThe report from Bloomberg sees Microsoft continuing to appeal to regulators in the wake of criticism and scrutiny that the Xbox brand might withhold Call of Duty from Sony's eventual PS6 and, thus, severely weaker its main competitor. Now, in an effort to quell UK regulator criticisms of a potential network effect allowing Microsoft's Game Pass to smother Sony's PS Plus, it seems the Xbox maker is even willing to allow Sony limited access to Call of Duty in order to develop its newly-relaunched subscription service.It's a gamble from Microsoft that could prove rather costly should Sony effectively manage to build PS Plus as a brand in those ten years. It even goes some way to support Microsoft director Brad Smith's claims that his company's main target here isn't Sony, but the much bigger Google and Apple — although that hardly dismisses the irony evident in his recent comparison of Sony to Blockbuster.It might only be temporary, but PS Plus might benefit from Call of Duty's inclusion.While Sony has reportedly yet to agree to any such deal, it seems to show just how much Microsoft is seemingly willing to concede with its latest ten-year deal remedy — particularly after similar ten-year deals were offered to and accepted by Nintendo and Steam. Microsoft technically does not need Sony to agree to the offer to get the Activision Blizzard acquisition approved, but seeing as the CMA and FTC's scrutiny of the deal has parroted many of Sony's issues with Call of Duty becoming Xbox exclusive, an agreement would likely go a long way to getting the merger approved.Let us know in the comments whether you think Sony should accept or decline Microsoft's latest Call of Duty offer for PS Plus. Even if there can be no such thing as a Call of Duty-PlayStation 'forever deal', perhaps you think another ten years of support from the franchise would be enough to settle your concerns for the future of PlayStation.More Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II stories: Most popular PS5 games — Call of Duty conquers Marvel's Spider-Man 2 No platinum trophy for Modern Warfare 3 on PS5 — here’s why Most popular PS5 games — Marvel's Spider-Man 2 increases lead by 23% Tomb Raider lures wary fans to Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 release date revealed in very red teaser PlayStation PlusIndustry News Written by Lee BradyStaff Writer Lee keeps one eye on the future (Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth), one eye on the past (PS Plus Premium, recent Sony news), and his secret third eye on the junk he really likes (Sonic Superstars, Final Fantasy 16). Then he uses his big mouth to blurt out long-winded opinions about video games.