Sony was never seriously worried about losing access to Call of Duty if Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard, a bombshell email revealed last night has suggested.

The message, sent by PlayStation boss Jim Ryan, was quoted in court by Xbox last night as the US Federal Trade Commission began its hearing into Microsoft's attempted $68.7bn Activision Blizzard buyout.

"It is not an exclusivity play at all," Ryan wrote in an email to former PlayStation Europe boss Chris Deering. "They're thinking bigger than that."I'm pretty sure we will continue to see COD on PlayStation for many years to come," he said. "We'll be okay. We'll be more than okay."

The message strikes a very different tone to Sony's public stance on Microsoft owning Activision Blizzard, and the arguments it has put forward to regulators around the world so far.
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