Microsoft has entered into a 10-year commitment to bring the gaming title 'Call of Duty' to Nintendo platforms, the chief executive officer of Microsoft Gaming, Phil Spencer, said in a post on Twitter on Wednesday.
platforms, the chief executive officer of Microsoft Gaming, Phil Spencer, said in a post on Twitter on Wednesday.to Nintendo game consoles for the first time.
The announcement comes after Microsoft's planned $69 billion acquisition of the "Call of Duty" maker raised concern among regulators that the deal could stifle competition, with rival Sony Group CorpMicrosoft President Brad Smith tweeted: "our acquisition will bring Call of Duty to more gamers and more platforms than ever before ...
Earlier this year, Sony's gaming chief Jim Ryan called an offer by Microsoft to keep the "Call of Duty" series on PlayStation for three years after the current agreement "inadequate". "I think this is an attempt by Microsoft to pressure Sony into signing a deal with Activision and to make it easier for Microsoft to finish and close the deal with Activision," said Serkan Toto, founder of the Kantan Games consultancy.Microsoft competes with Sony and Nintendo in the global video game industry, which saw strong growth in recent years with people spending more time at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Shares in Nintendo closed up 0.3% after the Microsoft announcement, outperforming the Nikkei average'sReporting by , Kiyoshi Takenaka, Kantaro Komiya, Mariko Katsumura; Editing by Christian Schmollinger, Robert Birsel and Louise Heavens
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