Call of Duty leaves PS4 behind after more than a decade of support
Activision says the next Call of Duty is not being developed for PlayStation 4
Activision has confirmed that the next Call of Duty game is not being developed for PlayStation 4. The statement came from the official Call of Duty account after rumors claimed that the 2026 entry was still planned for Sony’s last-generation console.
This does not name the next game or confirm all platforms. Activision only mentioned PS4, so Xbox One has not been directly addressed in the same statement. However, Call of Duty releases have used cross-gen bundles across both console families for years, so dropping PS4 would likely mark the end of PS4 and Xbox One support for the main annual release.
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 change would end a long cross-gen run for the series. Call of Duty: Ghosts launched on PS3, Xbox 360, PS4 and Xbox One in 2013. More than a decade later, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was still available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
The next Call of Duty moving away from PS4 would give the developers a cleaner hardware target. The PS4 and Xbox One launched in 2013, and both use older AMD Jaguar-based CPUs. Recent Call of Duty releases still supported them, but some features were already limited. Black Ops 7, for example, did not support split-screen on PS4 or Xbox One.
Source: Call of Duty
