GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
This is crazy my friends Nintendos getting all the games even though it makes nowhere near as much revenues and Sony is only getting COD?
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Microsoft’s 10-Year COD Agreement with Nintendo Covers All Future Activision Blizzard Releases, Only COD for Sony
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Cyborg
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And while you are so happy now as a Xbox fanboy you will regret it later down the roadSony got the end of the stick thanks to the jim shenanigans
When the only option (and rules) to play these games are set by MS.
FoxMcChief
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Nintendo wins by not doing anything. Good on them.
feynoob
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That is how companies are. It's no different than the current rules.And while you are so happy now as a Xbox fanboy you will regret it later down the road
People need to worry more about mtx. That thing is killing gaming faster.
Mike Zhang
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can't stopping laughing at this
jufonuk
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Robb
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Thirty7ven
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They are not getting the same COD as PlayStation though, but I guess Spyro and whatever are very important all of a sudden.
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
"Microsoft has signed a "binding" 10-year deal to provide CoD access to Nintendo consoles with full features and parity"
Snake29
RSI Employee of the Year
Looking at these games. All GaaS type games stay multiplatform. All others are those even relevant today? The rest are PC centric games which haven't been on any console since their launch.
So in the end...it will be CoD only. ABK is not Bethesda with a lot of IP's which are still relevant.
“Future versions of current IP until 2027” is borderline meaningless tho? There’s not gonna be a new overwatch or Diablo prior to then, and I’d be surprised to see a new spyro or StarCraft…I’m not sure the old starcrafts have ever released on PlayStation.
I guess there could be a crash bandicoot or a guitar hero. If it was a 10 year deal that was on the table then sure there could be significant lost releases. not releasing guitar hero on PlayStation would be a double edge sword, given it requires a peripheral sale, and there’s decent competitors for that now.
Only annoyance for me will be my wife likes crash, and she hates the offset joysticks on the xbox
I guess there could be a crash bandicoot or a guitar hero. If it was a 10 year deal that was on the table then sure there could be significant lost releases. not releasing guitar hero on PlayStation would be a double edge sword, given it requires a peripheral sale, and there’s decent competitors for that now.
Only annoyance for me will be my wife likes crash, and she hates the offset joysticks on the xbox
Setsuna Mudou
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Can't believe Jim didn't sign on those amazing console titles like Starcraft, Warcraft, WoW, Candy Crush and Guitar Hero. Really dropped the ball on that one
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kazuyamishima
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I’m pretty sure Nintendo will receive the same deal as Sony, I remember seeing that MS reiterated that a few times.
But time will tell, I’m not expecting other titles aside of COD going into PS systems.
But time will tell, I’m not expecting other titles aside of COD going into PS systems.
DoctorEkkoUK
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Is there anything stopping MS from telling Acti to now only release a low effort COD game every 5 years and them making a spin-of series called Active Duty or something that is basically COD but is exclusive to Xbox/PC?
Disco Dave
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Good luck with the 100GB installs
Personally I don't think the agreement means much for Nintendo and I would be shocked if COD came to a Nintnedo platform. Its a paper exercise to appease anti competition claims and Phil will wipe his ass with it when the noise calms down.
Snake29
RSI Employee of the Year
Nobody will buy that shit. So it will be low effort on all platforms. Yes we know MS knows how to kill franchises, let them do it. I mean PS fans and even xbox fans will boycott MS if they do that. That 70 billion will be a waste of money pretty soon if it goes that route.
Eotheod
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Yes, logical business sensibility that dictates profits over stupid decisions like that.
Robb
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Probably not, but since a large chunk of what they’ve paid for here is the CoD brand itself that’d be very stupid either way.
I imagine it’s going to be a cloud version or something to get around that stuff.
Mattyp
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World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Overwatch, Diablo. I know they’re not household names but still
Bring on THPS1&3 then THUG already.
kazuyamishima
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I’m pretty sure he did
Fabieter
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Yes he said its cod only after he did say its for all games. So I wouldn't believe this article .
Banjo64
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Those are all Blizzard games as far as I know, and for the purpose of an agreement like this I’d think the wording will be bang on (Activision surely means Activision, and not Activision Blizzard).World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Overwatch, Diablo. I know they’re not household names but still
Bring on THPS1&3 then THUG already.
Thirty7ven
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Here’s a cloud version.
Or are we assuming that they are going to make Nintendo Switch the base spec for COD? If so then lol
Ar¢tos
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You list those, but you don't include the only game Activision published in the past 10 years that is actually worth playing?
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Fabieter
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Imo a cloud version wouldn't be the same as promised. They said feature parity and imo having significant more input lag as the other platforms wouldn't go well with that.
drganon
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Wow and starcraft have never been on PlayStation to begin with, overwatch is a ftp game available on everything, and they already got the latest Diablo. The rest of Activision's ip are pretty much dead.World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Overwatch, Diablo. I know they’re not household names but still
Bring on THPS1&3 then THUG already.
Of course Sony only cared about call of duty.
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
“The agreement provides that Microsoft will develop and publish future native console versions of CoD titles for Nintendo platforms for at least 10 years,” explains Microsoft in response to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the United Kingdom. “Microsoft will publish future CoD versions for Nintendo platforms on the same date as the release of those versions on Xbox console platforms; and will maintain feature and content parity to the console versions published on Xbox console platforms, subject to Nintendo policy requirements.”
Microsoft confirms Call of Duty on Switch will run natively and not through cloud streaming
Microsoft responded to the CMA assuring the organization that they’ll develop native versions of future Call of Duty titles for Nintendo platforms.
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Chukhopops
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I love the argument that Sony only cares about CoD. Really makes you wonder why Jim Ryan himself wanted all Activision games to be available on Sony platforms and Sony subscription with full parity in his initial demands if there’s nothing worth it anyway.
On the bright side it’s heartwarming to see that everyone on all sides seems happy with the current deal.
On the bright side it’s heartwarming to see that everyone on all sides seems happy with the current deal.
MasterCornholio
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Only if it doesn't mean the elimination of competition. Other than that it's fine.
Mythoclast
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Not gonna happen. They didn’t even need to sign that binding deal with Sony. Really don’t know why they would tie their hands like that. But the intention was always to release COD on PS.
Thirty7ven
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“The agreement provides that Microsoft will develop and publish future native console versions of CoD titles for Nintendo platforms for at least 10 years,” explains Microsoft in response to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the United Kingdom. “Microsoft will publish future CoD versions for Nintendo platforms on the same date as the release of those versions on Xbox console platforms; and will maintain feature and content parity to the console versions published on Xbox console platforms, subject to Nintendo policy requirements.”
Microsoft confirms Call of Duty on Switch will run natively and not through cloud streaming
Microsoft responded to the CMA assuring the organization that they’ll develop native versions of future Call of Duty titles for Nintendo platforms.
Damn the Switch/Switch 2 is actually going to be the baseline spec for COD/ABK games going forward that’s crazy.
My reasoning before was based on Phil Spencer’s court testimony where he admitted COD on Switch would be a different game from Xboc/PlayStation.
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crazepharmacist
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What about blizzard now? Overwatch? Diablo? Those are huge franchises
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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WoW and Starcraft are PC centric games, and have not been released on any console so far, while OW2 and Diablo 4 just recently released and presumably there won't be any major sequels (other than expansions which will come to PS anyway) while this 10-year deal is active. The only "big" thing PS only players will miss out during this 10-year period is the in-development survival game made by Blizz.World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Overwatch, Diablo. I know they’re not household names but still
Bring on THPS1&3 then THUG already.
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Unknown Soldier
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I read this post and typed my reply on my MacBook.
Give it a try sometime. MacOS is pretty neat in it's own ways.
Robb
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Imagine those poor CoD devs watching the Switch 2 reveal and seeing the specs knowing that’s their baseline..
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Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
It's probably for the Switch successor, then the Switch itself.
Ronin_7
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Was talking about Activision because that's where the money is on Consoles of course.
King is mobile & Blizzard games were never that popular on Console although Diablo 4 was apparently huge so maybe there's a shift there.
ManaByte
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The WiiU wasn’t the baseline for COD the last time it was on a Nintendo console. Why this narrative now?Imagine those poor CoD devs watching the Switch 2 reveal and seeing the specs knowing that’s their baseline..
6502
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There were ps3 and 360 versions though so it wasnt too much effort getting it running on wii u.
Having said that, wii ports of mw and mw3 were very impressive for the hardware so I would expect pretty decent versions to run on new switch hardware.
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NoobSmog
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Call of duty is struggling with putting out a game every year as is. I'm going to laugh if this agreement with Nintendo completely degrades the quality of of cod because they can't keep up. They already have all their studios working on call of duty; where are all these extra people going to come from to put out a nintendo version?
Thirty7ven
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Because the agreement states native versions, feature and content parity with Xbox. We are talking about crossplay here so yeah…
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Been a while, but weren't the WiiU versions of Blops 2 and Ghosts also the same as other consoles just with lower res/textures?
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