Call Of Duty: It Only Took Six Years To Leave The Previous Console Generation Behind!

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Fine, there was a pandemic and there were supply shortages, but the franchise still released cross-gen titles for six full years.

Game development studios do not often comment on rumors, but when they do, it usually provides welcome clarification for players. This time, Activision Blizzard, or Microsoft if we want to be more direct about it, decided to respond to a rumor that spread quickly over the weekend. The rumor claimed that the next Call of Duty game, which most sources say will be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, was being developed for previous-generation consoles, specifically PlayStation 4.

Not sure where this one started, but it’s not true. The next Call of Duty is not being developed for PS4.

– Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) May 4, 2026

The franchise’s official Twitter account stated that it did not know where the rumor started, but that it was not true, and that the next Call of Duty is not being developed for PlayStation 4. This is a clear and useful answer, and it has dispelled several concerns among fans of the series that emerged because of the rumors circulating over the weekend. Of course, it also raises a few questions, such as why the statement only specifies that the game is not being developed for PlayStation 4, while saying nothing equally specific about Xbox One. It may currently be true that the next installment is not being developed for Sony’s 2013 console, but that alone is not a complete statement covering every platform.

It would have been better if Activision Blizzard had stated clearly and definitively that the next Call of Duty game will not be released on any previous-generation console. Even so, confirming that it is not coming to PlayStation 4 effectively points in the same direction. It would make little sense to develop the next game for current-generation consoles and Xbox One, but not PlayStation 4. Even if Activision Blizzard is not phrasing it as directly as some would like, this essentially confirms that Call of Duty is officially leaving the eighth generation of consoles behind. It only took six years for that to finally happen during the ninth generation.

Source: WCCFTech

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