The EU Commission has approved the deal between Microsoft and Activision. Call of Duty is not as important as Sony claims.

This caused laughter among fans. Great Britain and USA are still blocking the Microsoft-Activision deal. It remains to be seen whether the purchase of Activision Blizzard will still take place.. The EU Commission said "Call of Duty was less popular in the European Economic Area (EEA) than in other regions of the world" Microsoft itself described CoD as "not a must-have title". The statement said that Microsoft might have no interest in removing Call. of Duty from the PlayStation.