Microsoft signed a 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty games to the Nintendo Switch after the Activision acquisition closed.
Today, February 21, Microsoft President Brad Smith announced the agreement between Microsoft, Activision and Nintendo via his personal Twitter account. In a somewhat offhand way of revealing an industry-changing deal, Microsoft’s president revealed that Call of Duty games will be hitting Nintendo platforms on the same day as Xbox and PlayStation systems.
We have now signed a binding 10-year contract to bring Xbox games to Nintendo gamers. It’s just part of our commitment to bringing Xbox games and Activision titles like Call of Duty to more players on more platforms. pic.twitter.com/JmO0hzw1BOFebruary 21, 2023
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This is a great commitment from Microsoft and Activision to Nintendo gamers around the world. Not only are the two companies planning to add an entirely new platform to Call of Duty’s annual release cycles, Nintendo’s Call of Duty game releases will apparently have “complete feature and content parity” with all other platforms. .
It doesn’t take a tech expert to figure out that the Nintendo Switch is far less capable than the PS5 and Xbox Series X. When big AAA titles like Call of Duty came to Switch in the past, they were available via the internet. .cloud, as with A Plague Tale: Requiem and Hitman 3, and this may be how Microsoft and Activision ensure feature parity for Nintendo users.
This deal between Microsoft, Activision and Nintendo was first announced in December 2022. At the time, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said it would take time to bring Call of Duty games to the platforms. -forms Nintendo, but now with Smith’s tweet today, it looks like things are going full steam ahead for the new plan.
All of this, of course, depends on Microsoft acquiring Activision. The deal is currently facing challenges in the UK and the US. In the former case, a government agency has tentatively ruled the merger will lessen competition, with the FTC reviewing the acquisition in full later this year. in August. These are the two main hurdles Microsoft’s acquisition attempt has yet to overcome.
You can go to our new games 2023 guide to take a look at all the titles coming to Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox systems.