Microsoft Makes 10-Year Commitment to Bring Call of Duty to Nintendo Consoles

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Microsoft has made a “10-year commitment” to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo consoles as part of its planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard, according to Xbox head Phil Spencer, who tweeted the news today and said that the Windows maker was committed to bringing more games to more people.

“Microsoft has entered into a 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty to @Nintendo
following the merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard King,” Spencer tweeted late last night. “ Microsoft is committed to helping bring more games to more people – however they choose to play.”

Call of Duty hasn’t been on a Nintendo console since Call of Duty: Ghosts, an installment that was developed by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II studio Infinity Ward and released in 2013.

Spencer followed up that tweet by confirming that Microsoft plans to continue offering Call of Duty on Steam simultaneously to Xbox after it has closed the merger with Activision Blizzard King.

“I’m also pleased to confirm that Microsoft has committed to continue to offer Call of Duty on
@Steam simultaneously to Xbox after we have closed the merger with Activision Blizzard King,” Spencer said.

Brad Smith, vice chair and president of Microsoft, confirmed that the Windows maker had offered Sony a 10-year contract to make each new Call of Duty game available on PlayStation the same day it comes to Xbox as part of an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal titled “Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard Acquisition Is Good for Gamers” that was published yesterday.

” […] we’ve offered Sony a 10-year contract to make each new “Call of Duty” release available on PlayStation the same day it comes to Xbox,” Smith confirmed. “We’re open to providing the same commitment to other platforms and making it legally enforceable by regulators in the U.S., U.K. and European Union. Microsoft made a similar commitment to the European Commission when we acquired LinkedIn in 2016, ensuring access to key technologies for competing services.”

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Tsing Mui
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