Microsoft will launch Call of Duty on Nintendo consoles if the Activision Blizzard acquisition happens

Activision Blizzard’s acquisition by Microsoft is still giving us more to talk about. In what looks like an attempt to ease the fears of anti-trust organizations, the tech giant has gone public with a deal to bring Call of Duty back onto Nintendo consoles for at least 10 years, as revealed by none other than Phil Spencer, Xbox’s big boss, in a Twitter thread.

“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,” he wrote.

Call of Duty to continue thriving on Steam

The Xbox head honcho also mentioned that Call of Duty will launch simultaneously on Xbox and Steam if the acquisition goes through. “We’re happy that Microsoft wants to continue using Steam to reach customers with Call of Duty when their Activision acquisition closes,” said Valve president Gabe Newell in an official statement. “Microsoft has been on Steam for a long time and we take it as a signal that they are happy with gamers' reception to that and the work we are doing. Our job is to keep building valuable features for not only Microsoft but all Steam customers and partners.

Ever since Microsoft announced the purchase of Activision Blizzard, the company has been faced with direct opposition from Sony, who has roused the attention of antitrust organizations to investigate the deal. All the meanwhile, the company founded by Bill Gates has been trying to convince PlayStation that they’ll be fine, offering an additional decade of guaranteed Call of Duty on its consoles. According to Phil Spencer, the franchise will continue to launch on PS4 and PS5 as long as the players want it.

Will the purchase happen? At the time of writing this article, there’s still no definite green light from the corresponding organisms doing the investigation.

Source | Phil Spencer