Source: Infinity Ward / Call of Duty
Call of Duty on the Nintendo Switch? Yup, it’s happening, and gamers are already wondering what that will look like.
On Tuesday, February 22, Microsoft president Brad Smith tweeted that his company has inked a 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty back to Nintendo devices “the same day as Xbox, with full feature and content parity.”
“We’ve now signed a binding 10-year contract to bring Xbox games to Nintendo’s gamers. This is just part of our commitment to bring Xbox games and Activision titles like Call of Duty to more players on more platforms,” Smith’s tweet reads.
We’ve now signed a binding 10-year contract to bring Xbox games to Nintendo’s gamers. This is just part of our commitment to bring Xbox games and Activision titles like Call of Duty to more players on more platforms. pic.twitter.com/JmO0hzw1BO
— Brad Smith (@BradSmi) February 21, 2023
According to the new contract, Nintendo owners can “experience Call of Duty just as Xbox and PlayStation gamers enjoy Call of Duty.”
Word?
The news follows after word hit the internet that Microsoft struck a 10-year commitment with Nintendo to bring the insanely-popular first-person shooter to its devices in December 2022.
Today the ink has been put to paper, making the deal official. When a COD finally comes to a Nintendo device, presumably the Nintendo Switch, it will be the first time since 2013’s Call of Duty: Ghosts on the Wii U.
Microsoft is probably hoping this will help get regulators in North America and Europe off its back, who has been a thorn in the company’s side, halting its astronomical $68.7 million acquisition of Activision/Blizzard.
Gamers think the deal between Microsoft and Nintendo could push the Japanese video game maker to make a more powerful Nintendo Switch finally console to run the COD games.
This is WILD. The next 10 years of Call of Duty on Nintendo consoles.
This move could force Nintendo to make their next console as powerful as modern day consoles to factor COD in. No way in hell any modern COD would run on Switch
pic.twitter.com/IhcyS9C3OD
— Jon (@MrDalekJD) February 21, 2023
Microsoft Is Moving Like The Activision/Blizzard Is Happening
In other Microsoft news, Xbox chief Phil Spencer announced: “a 10 year agreement with NVIDIA that will allow GeForce NOW players to stream Xbox PC games as well as Activision Blizzard PC titles, including COD, following the acquisition.”
We have signed a 10 year agreement with NVIDIA that will allow GeForce NOW players to stream Xbox PC games as well as Activision Blizzard PC titles, including COD, following the acquisition. We´re committed to bringing more games to more people – however they choose to play.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) February 21, 2023
It seems like Xbox is moving forward as if the Activision/Blizzard acquisition will happen.
As you can imagine, gamers are reacting to the news of Call of Duty coming to the Switch. However, they are still on the skeptical side, being that Nintendo’s popular console is two generations behind.
You can see those reactions in the gallery below.
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Photo: Infinity Ward / Call of Duty
1. LOL, jokes
Call of Duty running on the Switch pic.twitter.com/WiOFAIiGou
— Klarnicle (@Klarnicle) February 21, 2023
2. Interesting
Microsoft is doing exactly what they said they’d do.
Whereas Sony continues to rebuff the opportunity to get a long-term agreement for Call of Duty and is trying to undermine the deal to protect its two-decade dominance in gaming. https://t.co/rHYbZVdLRE
— Lulu Cheng Meservey (@lulumeservey) February 21, 2023
3. Well then
Microsoft president @BradSmi says Sony "can spend all of its energy trying to block this deal… or it can sit down with us and hammer out an agreement that addresses what it says it's concerned about, mainly the access to Call of Duty in the future."
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) February 21, 2023
4. We shall see
Microsoft thinks its two deals, with Nvidia and Nintendo, will be enough to convince regulators. Smith on the CMA: "Do you want to kill a deal and cement Sony's position? Or do you want to open this [Call of Duty] up to 150 million more people?" pic.twitter.com/S1M3bmqEY5
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) February 21, 2023
5.
Call of Duty on Switch like https://t.co/jMwjR3NaEc pic.twitter.com/ljRNNTLTdb
— PUPPET COMBO (@PuppetCombo) February 21, 2023
6.
TIL you can offset the harms of unchecked mindless industry consolidation by offering call of duty to people who don't care, on a platform that can barely run it https://t.co/Yg0a4pskYI
— Karl Bode (@KarlBode) February 21, 2023
7.
Insanely funny for Microsoft to just be like 'we signed a deal with Nintendo so if the acquisition goes through Call of Duty will suck shit for 10 years'
— Kris P. Bacon (@KrisWolfheart) February 21, 2023
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Leaked call of duty Nintendo switch gameplay: https://t.co/hhX5ceYDqd pic.twitter.com/Qq2eAwgwam
— 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻 (@RolenTheGreat) February 21, 2023
9.
Keep in mind this is primarily about Nintendo next hardware
Seeing discussion "Switch can't run Call of Duty" but that doesn't really matter. Deal won't start until Activision Blizzard closes + time to develop games
This is mostly about guaranteeing COD for Switch 2 life cycle https://t.co/ZF5BwR8Mwc
— Benji-Sales (@BenjiSales) February 21, 2023
10.
Instead of game cards the Call of Duty Switch games will just come in 256GB microSD cards https://t.co/sjZK6gZmBK
— Akfamilyhome (@Akfamilyhome) February 21, 2023
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