Following An Agreement With Nintendo, Microsoft Signs A 10-Year Agreement With Spain Nware

Microsoft Signs a 10-year deal with the cloud gaming platform Nware (photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - A few days ago Microsoft announced it had signed a 10-year agreement to stream PC's Xbox games, as well as other Activision Blizzard titles including Call of Duty to the Nware cloud gaming platform from Spain, if the acquisition is complete.

"Although it's still early for the cloud segment to emerge in this new partnership game combined with our other latest commitments, it will make more popular games available on more cloud game streaming services than it currently does," Microsoft president Brad Smith told VGC.

The announcement follows a similar long-term gaming distribution partnership between Microsoft and Nintendo, Nvidia, Boosteroids, Ubitus, and EE.

On the other hand, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) no longer considers Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard will temporarily reduce competition substantially in console gaming services as Microsoft's costs to contain Call of Duty from PlayStation will outweigh any advantage of the measure.

However, this acquisition doesn't seem to be running smoothly yet. This is because the CMA still argues that Microsoft's acquisition could raise concerns in the cloud gaming market.

"Our provisional view that this deal raises concerns in the cloud gaming market was not affected by today's announcement. Our investigation remains on track of completion at the end of April," said Martin Coleman, chairman of an independent panel of experts who conducted an investigation into the case, on the official CMA website.