Microsoft President announced that they have signed an agreement with Nintendo and Xbox games will come to Nintendo consoles. In addition, Microsoft will meet with EU regulators today.
About to acquire Activision in January 2022 $68.7 billion Microsoft, which signed the agreement, is still waiting for this agreement to be approved by the regulators. While the deal was not approved on suspicion of hindering competition, an important move came from Microsoft today.
Microsoft President Brad Smith, About to bring Xbox games to Nintendo with Nintendo 10 year deal announced that he had signed. In addition, if the purchase is completed, Call of Duty games will be playable on Nintendo.
Statement from Microsoft President:
“We signed a binding 10-year contract to bring Xbox games to Nintendo 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.”
What does this step say?
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision, in both US and EU regulators competitive advantage concerns had caused. Following these concerns, especially supported by Sony’s statements, Microsoft made commitments to both Sony and the industry, and said that Call of Duty would not be Xbox exclusive.
Microsoft’s agreement with Nintendo covers a significant part of these commitments. The company signed an agreement with Nintendo only for the Call of Duty series about two months ago. The new deal covers all Xbox games, not just CoD games.
Microsoft may have already won the case
Just hours after the deal was announced, Microsoft President Phil Spencer met with Sony President, Activision CEO, Google representatives and European Union Regulators to discuss the Activision acquisition. held a meeting behind closed doors. Although the outcome of the meeting has not yet been made public, Microsoft’s meaningful statement and The fact that there was no objection from Sony on the subjectmay be a sign that the case is “sweetened”. However, some sources in the industry said that Sony and Microsoft have reached a settlement in this case and claimed that the acquisition will be announced very soon.
In addition, some industry sources say that Xbox It will introduce a portable console similar to Nintendo Switch. and that’s why he claimed to have made his first tryouts of his games on the Nintendo Switch.
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