{"id":130349,"date":"2022-12-08T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-142265"},"modified":"2022-12-08T03:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T03:05:00","slug":"xbox-boss-phil-spencer-explains-microsofts-plans-for-call-of-duty-on-nintendo-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/08\/xbox-boss-phil-spencer-explains-microsofts-plans-for-call-of-duty-on-nintendo-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Explains Microsoft’s Plans For Call Of Duty On Nintendo Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday, Microsoft Gaming CEO and Xbox head Phil Spencer announced the company had entered a 10-year agreement<\/a> to bring Activision’s Call of Duty<\/a> series to Nintendo platforms.<\/p>\n

If you’re wondering how exactly it will work, Phil has now shared some insight in a new interview with The Washington Post<\/a>. Apparently, it could take some time to get CoD games on Nintendo platforms, as work on a new platform would begin after<\/em> the Activision Blizzard acquisition goes through.<\/p>\n

When everything is finalised, the plan is to eventually get to a point where all versions of Call of Duty (including the Nintendo release) are launched at the same time. Here’s exactly what Phil had to say (via Pure Xbox<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou can imagine if [the deal] closed on that date, starting to do development work to make that happen would likely take a little bit of time… Once we get into the rhythm of this, our plan would be that when [a Call of Duty game] launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, that it would also be available on Nintendo at the same time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Spencer was also asked about how a series like Call of Duty would run on a Nintendo console. While Phil admits there’s “definitely work” to be done, and mentioned how it would be different to a game like Minecraft<\/a>, “targeting multiple platforms” is something Xbox has plenty of experience with:<\/p>\n

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“Minecraft and Call of Duty are different games. But from how you get games onto Nintendo, how you run a development team that is targeting multiple platforms, that\u2019s experience we have.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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