Microsoft games and possibly Call of Duty are coming to Nintendo platforms

Xbox games from Microsoft and, in the future, Activision Blizzard titles like Call of Duty may be coming to Nintendo platforms. That has been announced by Microsoft. The agreement is valid for 10 years.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops, Nintendo DS, 2010

Microsoft says games for Nintendo platforms will be released on the same day as the Xbox versions and will also include the same features. Whether the price is also the same is not stated in the announcement. It is also unclear whether it concerns all games that Microsoft makes or only part of them.

Microsoft emphasizes Call of Duty in the announcement. Microsoft won’t release that game because the company doesn’t own the franchise. That should happen with the planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The takeover is the subject of investigation by various governments, so it is still unknown whether it will go through and under what conditions.

The agreement between Microsoft and Nintendo is for ten years. Microsoft does not specifically name the Switch as a platform for releasing the games. The Switch has been around for six years now and it is obvious that Microsoft will release games for the current Nintendo platform, whether that is the Switch or a successor to it.