^ What Foxtrot said - but moreover, "day and date" with xbox and PlayStation, with "full feature and content parity".... on a Switch? Did they just hamstring COD?
At the very least, I'm expecting delays due to development problems.
To add to Sully + fox, if Activision thought COD could be successful on the Switch, they would have made it available on that platform already. Why wouldn't they? Either because the demand wouldn't be there for it or as you guys said they'd have to compromise too much in terms of quality of the games. Either way, MS is making a sacrifice here. I wonder if it's all worth it Oh, just thought of this... What if they're doing it with streaming?
This is just Ms playing politics saying hey look it'll be on Nintendo now to make them selves look better, when one Nintendo owners couldn't care less about it and 2 clearly wasn't selling enough for Activision to care either.
Why bash it being offered to new gamers? Same day and date release all dlc same day and date… not all people can afford the high-end systems and for them this could be the best option.
Can't say I'm looking forward to a hamstrung version of cod tbh.
People don't buy Nintendo's for cod but cool take it away at some point from the 10s of millions of people that actually do buy a certain console to play it.
Mate, these new consoles can do so much more than a Nintendo console.
Its more than just reso and fps, it's like the jedi survivors devs came put and said, they wouldnt be able to make the game they want if they made it for older consoles aswell.
So the game will be hamstrung in one way or another, smaller spaces, no advanced physics, Ai and all sorts of other stuff that have nothing to do with reso and fps.
Anyone that believes older harder doesn't hold current gen games back is seriously fooling themselves.
Yes. By signing this deal, Nintendo has positioned itself in favor of Microsoft´s acquisition of Activision/Blizzard, and, by doing so, they might benefit from it by getting more than just COD.
"Can't say I'm looking forward to a hamstrung version of cod tbh.
Nor are Nintendo. They´re not stupid.
Next month the Nintendo Switch will be a 6 year old console. So imo, Nintendo is obviously looking forward not only for COD but to all of the Xbox first party games that they can possible get, and get it ported to their next gen console, yet to be announced/revealed.
I´m expecting Nintendo´s next gen console to be superior, or at very least as powerful as the Xbox Series S, increasing their chances on getting ports for new upcoming Xbox AAA first party games, including Starfield and TESVI.
Who are they taking cod away from? And who is "they" anyway... sony or MS? Considering MS has offered Sony a 10 year deal one could say it's Sony taking cod away by turning a deal down.
The green camp showing its true colors once again, only reason they're cheering on this MS/Activision deal is because they know that sooner or later COD (and a few other games) won't be on PS platform. It's kinda sad since this deal won't bring anything new for the xbox fanbase, COD has been on xbox since forever but as long as it doesn't come to PS they'll be happy.
I see MS is making the rounds... "Open up that checkbook and we'll give you this aging and worn down game franchise that people won't even be playing anymore in a decade, for a decade. No, add a few more zeroes to the end... there we go..."
Not a care in the world for the fact that they are cannibalizing their own franchise by selling the rights to release gimped versions of it on weak handhelds. They've always prioritized short term profit over long term success.
Not under these circumstances. This makes it look like - from the outside, at least - Nintendo have taken a side here... and probably a bunch of cash, knowing how MS loves to flash it and Nintendo loves to receive it. No pun intended - it is what it is!
"So now all of a sudden you Xbox guys don't care if last gen hardware holds this generation back?"
This deal is about the next gen Nintendo console, dude. Next month the Switch will be a 6 year console. So just stop with this "holding this generation back" nonsense.
I'm not for this deal to go through or anything. But when's the last time a 3rd party multiplat game on Switch has brought down PS5 and Series X versions of games?
providing a games on a platform that has millions of gamers is always good...sony need try at least leaving those 3rd party games come to every platform
Sony needs to try leaving 3rd party games to every platform. ... Sony isn't buying any publisher. Sony didn't buy beteshda and Activision-blizzard.... Wrong company
@darkrider ... the only reason Sony isn't buying any publisher, is because they can't afford to buy any publisher nor spend a long time of barely making ends meet so that they can afford to absorb a big merger. If Sony had the ability to buy a publisher then they DEFINITELY would have. Get real dude.
You guys are always talking about who can and can't afford something. Sony is a billion dollar company that's been in the industry for well over 25 years. It just amazes me that individuals who are less likely to earn over 100k can determine how these companies are managed. Since they're so broke, how are they leading the pack with no money? Strange claim to be sure.
Yeah, doesn't this kind of ruin their "Well Nintendo don't seem to need COD" angle?
I'm all for choice for the people that only have Switch, but since they've committed to feature and content parity, this is not good news for ANY other gamer.
This is most likely for the next Switch system, which will have PS4-or-higher graphics and DLSS to upscale to 4K when docked, which is more than sufficient for CoD.
lmao Nintendo doesn't care if they get CoD or not, Switch cant even run CoD to any acceptable degree. This is just a facade. Is the Switch version of port of the CoD on Android / iOS or something?
In all likelihood this deal isn't about the Switch. It's about Nintendo's next console. We know it's releasing within the next year or so. By the time this acquisition finalizes it would be too late to bring anything to Switch this year.
Poor sales of past entries on Nintendo's past systems. Either Nintendo fans weren't interested in the games in general or they weren't interested in the watered down version that they were offered due to the systems weaker hardware.
Poor sales. The games were usually very poor imitations of COD, missing features, content, etc. They did the same thing with Black Ops Declassified on the Vita. People aren't going to pay top dollar for a bunch of trash slapped together.
So what will MS' excuse be if they ever do get ABK and stilll can't manage to compete with Sony? Will they cry that Sony is cheating somehow or they have more talent?
They will say they need EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, and Atlus to compete. I personally think the problem with MS is how they mismanaged some of their studios, however since they have so much money, they solve that problem with more acquisitions. They literally have more studios than Sony and Nintendo, been so for years and still still have worse output than both Sony and Nintendo
Almost there!
Welcome Nintendo!
Oh Nintendo... you will know the consequences of laying in bed with Microsoft.
Microsoft pr campaign at full force. Over 9000. Nintendo really needs Cod... We all see the poor sales of the switch....
It's great Nintendo users can play call of duty but it will be worst version combined with the archaic online system. I I hope it's not cross play
lmao Nintendo doesn't care if they get CoD or not, Switch cant even run CoD to any acceptable degree. This is just a facade.
Is the Switch version of port of the CoD on Android / iOS or something?