Microsoft confirms worst fears for Call of Duty on Switch
While Microsoft hypes Call of Duty games coming to Nintendo Switch, the gaming giant confirms the console might struggle to run them.
22nd Feb 2023 11:57
Infinity Ward | Nintendo
Microsoft confirms worst fears for Call of Duty on Switch
While Microsoft hypes Call of Duty games coming to Nintendo Switch, the gaming giant confirms the console might struggle to run them.
22nd Feb 2023 11:57
Infinity Ward | Nintendo
The hands which craft the Call of Duty franchise's future are currently of unknown, with Microsoft's pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard looking bleaker by the day.
While the world is attempting to put a stop to the multi-billion-dollar takeover, Microsoft isn't wasting any time in putting its plans in motion.
Now, just days after signing a long-term partnership with Nintendo, Microsoft has detailed how its monstrous new franchise will be handled. Even though it appears exciting, there are some ominous undertones that confirmed our biggest fears about CoD on Nintendo Switch.
Microsoft make half-baked promises about Call of Duty on Nintendo Switch
After announcing both the deal between Microsoft and its new partners Nintendo and NVIDIA, Microsoft President Brad Smith spoke about exactly what we can expect to see with the Call of Duty franchise on the new platforms.
"I'm not the right person to dive into the architecture of each platform," began Smith. "We will ensure our games work exactly the way people would expect," he added. With the Switch lacking the grunt of PS5 and Xbox Series, it was always our worry that the likes of Modern Warfare 2 would look like a potato.
As pointed out by GamesRadar, the term "expect" doesn't exactly instil franchise hopefuls with a lot of confidence. Rather than claiming that the shooter series will be of the highest standard on Switch, Microsoft has merely promised a middling experience.
Annual Call of Duty games could be coming to Nintendo Switch
What we can expect from the new Microsoft and Nintendo merger is that the developers are intending to release the latest models of Call of Duty.
The future owners of CoD have now claimed that they intend to bring "the latest version of Call of Duty" to the new platforms, insinuating that they want to keep the most recent games synonymous across all platforms.
With the future of Call of Duty uncertain, including the plans for a 2023 CoD, it could mean that Nintendo Switch could get hit with that premium $70 annual buffer to their bank accounts too. And you thought paying that for Tears of the Kingdom was a rip-off.
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