Nintendo And Microsoft Sign 10-Year Call Of Duty Licensing Agreement

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Nintendo has accepted Microsoft’s offer to keep the Call of Duty franchise on Nintendo devices for the next ten years. Readers will remember that Microsoft made the offer to both Sony and Nintendo last fall in hopes of assuaging anti-trust and monopoly concerns brought forth by various regulatory bodies.

“Microsoft and Nintendo have now negotiated and signed a binding 10-year legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players – the same day as Xbox, with full feature and content parity – so they can experience Call of Duty just as Xbox and PlayStation gamers enjoy Call of Duty,” announced Microsoft. “We are committed to providing long term equal access to Call of Duty to other gaming platforms, bringing more choice to more players and more competition to the gaming market.”

As for Sony, Activision Blizzard’ CEO Bobby Kotick revealed a few weeks ago that the PlayStation manufacturer wasn’t answering their calls.

Nintendo’s signing of the 10-year licensing deal is one less hurdle in Microsoft’s highly controversial plans to acquire Activision Blizzard. The company still has Sony to deal with, not to mention the regulatory bodies that have been running the deal through a fine-toothed comb since it was announced. These include the US Federal Trade Commission, the UK Competition and Markets Authority, and the European Commission.