Microsoft Officials SIGNing A 10 Year Contract With Nintendo

JAKARTA - Microsoft said it had signed a 10-year deal with Nintendo to bring the Xbox game to the Nintendo platform, including the title Call of Duty.

We have now signed a binding 10-year contract to bring the Xbox game to gamers Nintendo. This is just part of our commitment to present Xbox games and Activision titles like Call of Duty to more players on more platforms," Microsoft president Brad Smith wrote on Twitter.

According to further announcements, Smith said that Microsoft will bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players on the same day as its launch on Xbox, with complete features and parity content in the game. So they can experience Call of Duty as well as Xbox players and PlayStation enjoy.

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

This deal demonstrates Microsoft's commitment to providing access to its games, especially Call of Duty to other gaming platforms. Just like it promised PlayStation when it wanted to acquire Activision Blizzard.

"We are committed to providing equal access in the long term to Call of Duty to other gaming platforms, presenting more options for more players and more competition for the game market," he added.

But unfortunately, the PlayStation creators themselves haven't signed the deal yet, likely because they oppose the acquisition of Activision Microsoft and any Call of Duty deal will help strengthen Microsoft's position.

In addition, Microsoft also revealed a similar agreement to Nvidia, by presenting the Xbox game on Nvidia GeForce Now. With the agreement, Nvidia openly supports Microsoft's acquisition of Activision.

With this too, Microsoft hopes the deal will affect regulators or at least convince them that the software giant will not lock the game behind its own streaming service.