The gaming business is reeling from the potential ramifications of Microsoft’s large deal to amass Activision, and a few of the largest questions have been about the way forward for the Call of Duty franchise, which is a giant hit on each PlayStation and Xbox consoles. While we nonetheless don’t know for certain the place you’ll be capable of play the most recent Call of Duty video games if the acquisition goes by means of, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer suggests the sequence does have a future on Sony platforms.

“Had good calls this week with leaders at Sony,” Spencer said Thursday evening. “I confirmed our intent to honor all existing agreements upon acquisition of Activision Blizzard and our desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. Sony is an important part of our industry, and we value our relationship.”

That assertion leaves some wiggle room that Call of Duty might nonetheless grow to be an Xbox unique franchise. Microsoft has proven a willingness to show its acquisitions into exclusives: it’s planning to launch Bethesda Softworks’ upcoming sport Starfield solely on Xbox and PC, and Spencer has hinted that would be the case for The Elder Scrolls VI as nicely. That strategy would make sense, particularly as a approach to assist beef up its Game Pass subscription service.

But evidently won’t be what Spencer desires to do with Call of Duty. It wouldn’t be the primary time he’s been keen to maintain Microsoft-owned franchises multiplatform; Minecraft, for instance, stays out there on many alternative platforms years after it acquired Mojang. And Microsoft has even launched a brand new Minecraft sport, Minecraft Dungeons, on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Spencer’s assertion strains up with one Sony shared with The Wall Street Journal. “We expect that Microsoft will abide by contractual agreements and continue to ensure Activision games are multiplatform,” a Sony spokesman told the publication. Spencer and Sony’s statements additionally align with info from an FAQ Activision despatched to workers this week. “We will honor all existing commitments post close,” according to the FAQ, which appeared in an SEC filing. “As with Microsoft’s acquisition of Minecraft, we have no intent to remove any content from platforms where it exists today.”

The acquisition continues to be a good distance off from being a executed deal, nonetheless; it’s not anticipated to shut till the top of Microsoft’s 2023 fiscal yr, which ends in June 2023. But assuming Activision finally does be part of Microsoft, for those who’re a PlayStation gamer, it now appears considerably extra possible that new Call of Duty video games will nonetheless come to your Sony console.