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CTOnews.com December 7, Microsoft Xbox director Phil Spencer said that if Microsoft successfully acquired Activision Blizzard, it promised to provide "call of Duty" games on the Nintendo platform and Steam in the next 10 years.

"after the merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has made a 10-year commitment to bring call of Duty to the Nintendo platform," Spencer said in a statement on Twitter. Microsoft is committed to helping bring more games to more people-no matter which platform they choose to play. "

Spencer then sent a second tweet, making a similar promise to PC players. "I am also pleased to confirm that Microsoft has promised to continue to provide call of Duty on Steam after we complete our merger with Activision Blizzard," he wrote.

The last time Blizzard released call of Duty on the Nintendo platform was the Wii U version of call of Duty: the Ghost, which was released in 2013. Spencer did not say in which year he expected Microsoft to release its first call of Duty on the Nintendo platform.

Spencer also spoke to the Washington Post about the commitment and was asked about the potential time frame for call of Duty's return to Nintendo. If the acquisition is successfully completed in June 2023 (assuming it is not blocked by regulators), Spencer replied, "you can imagine that if [the deal] closes on that day, then start development work to make it a reality." it might take a while. Once we get into this rhythm, our plan is that when call of Duty is launched on PlayStation, Xbox and PC, it will also be launched on Nintendo. "

When asked if Switch is capable of playing call of Duty, Spencer cited Microsoft's multiplatform game Minecraft as an example of how this cross-era project works. "We will do the same for Minecraft, and we will do specific work to make the game work well on the Nintendo Switch and their chips, fully supporting their platform, and we will do the same when we launch games on PlayStation 5."

CTOnews.com learned that Microsoft CEO Brad Smith provided more details about the company's proposal to keep the call of Duty series on PlayStation for at least a decade in an editorial in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week. An important portion of Activision Blizzard's call of Duty revenue comes from sales of the PlayStation platform, Smith wrote. Given the popularity of cross-platform games, if not available on the PlayStation platform, it would be disastrous for the call of Duty series and Xbox itself, alienating millions of players. That's why we offered Sony a 10-year contract to launch every new call of Duty on PlayStation on the same day as Xbox. We are open to providing the same commitment to other platforms and make it legally binding among regulators in the US, UK and EU. "

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