Concerns Over Microsoft's Promise to Bring Call of Duty to Nintendo

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The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concerns with Microsoft’s attempted acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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Microsft is trying to address the CMA’s issues by vowing to bring the mega-popular video game franchise Call of Duty to Nintendo consoles.

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Developers may get Call of Duty to run on Nintendo Switch in some capacity. However, the CMA doesn’t feel like it’ll be a very different experience compared to the games on Xbox and PlayStation.

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“Microsoft and Nintendo have now negotiated and signed a binding 10-year legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players the same day as Xbox, with full feature and content parity,” said Brad Smith

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The biggest concern with Call of Duty on Nintendo Switch is the graphical capabilities of the Switch hardware. Call of Duty is a franchise known for running at a stable 60 frames per second.

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The Switch has proven capable of running high-powered games such as DOOM Eternal and Control. However, it can’t always do it independently.

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A CMA report states that their concerns are not unfounded. “Publishers’ views similarly indicated that developing a game for Switch is a significantly different task relative to doing it for Xbox and PS,” the CMA’s findings say, “due to its technical differences.

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The publisher noted that the Switch’s limited graphics and storage are technical limitations that affect the performance of competitive games more than that of game(s) brought to Xbox or PlayStation.

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Concerns Over Microsoft's Promise to Bring Call of Duty to Nintendo

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concerns with Microsoft’s attempted acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Microsft is trying to address the CMA’s issues by vowing to bring the mega-popular video game franchise Call of Duty to Nintendo consoles.

Developers may get Call of Duty to run on Nintendo Switch in some capacity. However, the CMA doesn’t feel like it’ll be a very different experience compared to the games on Xbox and PlayStation.

“Microsoft and Nintendo have now negotiated and signed a binding 10-year legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players the same day as Xbox, with full feature and content parity,” said Brad Smith

The biggest concern with Call of Duty on Nintendo Switch is the graphical capabilities of the Switch hardware. Call of Duty is a franchise known for running at a stable 60 frames per second.

The Switch has proven capable of running high-powered games such as DOOM Eternal and Control. However, it can’t always do it independently.

A CMA report states that their concerns are not unfounded. “Publishers’ views similarly indicated that developing a game for Switch is a significantly different task relative to doing it for Xbox and PS,” the CMA’s findings say, “due to its technical differences.

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The publisher noted that the Switch’s limited graphics and storage are technical limitations that affect the performance of competitive games more than that of game(s) brought to Xbox or PlayStation.

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