Microsoft has confirmed that it would bring Call of Duty to Nintendo Platforms for the next decade if it buys Activision Blizzard.
In both an unexpected and utterly unsurprising announcement the owners of team green, Microsoft, has confirmed that it will bring Call of Duty to Nintendo systems for a full decade. This news is dependent on the gaming behemoth completing a buyout of Activision Blizzard. The detail comes courtesy of Xbox lead Phil Spencer on twitter last night, or this morning for me.
Microsoft has entered into a 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty to @Nintendo following the merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard King. Microsoft is committed to helping bring more games to more people – however they choose to play. @ATVI_AB
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) December 7, 2022
The tweet confirms that Microsoft sees this as part of its commitment to “bring more games to more people – however they choose to play.” This coupled with the franchises continued rollout on Steam would mean Sony is the only platform that faces missing out on a long-term tie in for the iconic FPS.
Call of Duty has been a mainstay of the Activision portfolio since the very first in this lineup of military shooters blew onto screens back in 2003. It’s since become synonymous with the genre, despite competitors in the form of Battlefield, Gears of War, Killzone, and the like popping up along the way. With the latest Modern Warfare 2 already available and Call of Duty Warzone about to jump into the mobile arena, the entire series doesn’t look to be slowing down. The only real obstacle in bringing Call of Duty to the Nintendo Switch has been ongoing investigations about the Microsoft buy out, specifically by the US Federal Trade Commission in the US and the UK Competition and Markets Authority. As for the question about the Nintendo Switch’s hardware, we did get our mits on a Switch version of Doom after all. You can check out more about Call of Duty over at the official website now.
