Microsoft Has Made a '10-Year Commitment' to Bring Call of Duty to Nintendo Consoles - IGN

Microsoft has officially entered into a "10-year commitment" to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo consoles pursuing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Xbox brag Phil Spencer shared the quality connected Twitter alongside confirming Microsoft volition proceed to connection Call of Duty titles connected Steam aft the woody has closed arsenic well.

I'm besides pleased to corroborate that Microsoft has committed to proceed to connection Call of Duty connected @Steam simultaneously to Xbox aft we person closed the merger with Activision Blizzard King. @ATVI_AB @ValveSoftware

The past clip a mainline Call of Duty rubric was connected a Nintendo Console was 2013's Call of Duty: Ghosts, which made its mode to the Wii U. Since then, Nintendo owners person been near down erstwhile it comes to 1 of the best-selling crippled franchises of each time.

In October 2022, Spencer said he'd "love" to spot Call of Duty connected Switch and that the Xbox's volition is to "treat Call of Duty similar Minecraft." It looks arsenic though present that program is successful motion.

This quality comes astatine a clip erstwhile galore eyes are connected the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard woody and erstwhile galore are focused connected what this merger means for the aboriginal of Call of Duty connected PlayStation. Spencer has stated that Call of Duty volition vessel connected PlayStation 'as agelong arsenic there's a PlayStation to vessel to,' and reports person travel retired saying Microsoft has offered a akin 10-year woody to Sony to support the franchise connected the platform.

Call of Duty is 1 of the hottest topics successful this deal, arsenic immoderate interest it and different akin AAA titles volition extremity the scales if they are locked to 1 platform. Microsoft has disputed these claims, with galore of its comments coming retired publicly.

"We’ll inactive way Sony and Tencent successful the marketplace aft the woody closes, and unneurotic Activision and Xbox volition payment gamers and developers and marque the manufacture much competitive," Microsoft spokesperson David Cuddy said.

The Microsoft and Activision Blizzard woody is currently being reviewed by the FTC and regulators successful Europe and the UK. The 2 parties person until July 2023 to adjacent the deal oregon they volition person to renegotiate the agreement.

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