The general director of SIE answered this question in Brussels.
In his own words:
I don’t want a new Call of Duty deal. I just want to prevent their merger.”
– Lulu Cheng Meservey (@lulumeservey) March 8, 2023
On February 21, in a meeting with officials in Brussels, Jim Ryan reportedly said this He doesn’t really care about Call of Duty, and his job is to block Microsoft’s deal with Activision Blizzard. This statement somewhat contradicts the promoted view, according to which the producer feared that the condition of the PlayStation community would worsen if the Americans restricted access to games only to their platforms.