Microsoft says it’s ‘confident’ it can get Call of Duty: Warzone on Nintendo Switch

Microsoft is optimistic that it might overcome the technical limitations of the Nintendo Swap to carry Name of Responsibility to the platform.

In a submitting to the U.Ok.’s Competitors and Markets Authority (CMA), Microsoft outlined what might be achieved to make good on its 10-year “binding” agreement with Nintendo to carry Name of Responsibility video games to Nintendo platforms ought to its acquisition of Activision Blizzard be authorized.

In keeping with Microsoft, the engine powering the favored battle royale collection is “mature and has been optimized to run on a variety of {hardware} units.” This contains the Xbox One, an almost 10-year-old console, and PC GPUs “launched way back to 2015” — each of which predate the Swap’s 2017 launch. Additional, Microsoft notes that Activision additionally gives a (yet-to-be-released) cellular model of Warzone that “runs natively on cell phones which have a lot decrease efficiency specs than the Nintendo Swap.”

Extra particularly, Microsoft stated there are “normal strategies” which were used for Swap ports of the likes of Apex Legends, Fortnite, Doom Everlasting and Crysis 3. On prime of that, Microsoft says it’s “assured” in Activision Blizzard’s builders, who’ve a “lengthy historical past of optimizing sport efficiency for out there {hardware} capabilities.”

After all, that is all hypothetical till Microsoft really owns Activision Blizzard. Because it stands, European regulators are nonetheless deliberating on the deal, though Reuters reported final week that Microsoft’s offers with the likes of Nintendo and Nvidia have helped stave off governmental anti-competition concerns. Sony, for its half, has staunchly opposed the acquisition, arguing that Name of Responsibility would give Microsoft an unfair benefit. Most just lately, the company expressed concerns that Microsoft may launch inferior variations of video games on PlayStation.

We’ll know for certain which argument in the end wins out when the CMA delivers its last ruling on April twenty sixth.

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