Microsoft’s 10-Year Agreement with Nintendo Covers All Future Activision Blizzard Releases
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Yeah, I think so as well. Gamingbolt isn't a very good source for this kind of thing.
Nintendo hardware can't even run recent Activision games.
Sounds really stupid unless they are counting cloud versions. Why would they commit to release every ABK games on unknown and likely weak hardware for the next 10 years before even getting to properly know the devs and what they want to do?
They will be stuck making all these demakes no one will buy for a decade. COD is easily over 120GB.
It says Nintendo has a contractual right to obtain Activision content, including Call of Duty, I think saying that covers "all" ABK material is a stretch.
I couldn't imagine all of the King content getting Nintendo releases, for instance. Even if the games themselves run on toasters it would still take ttime and money porting them over, changing the UI/button inputs, testing them, etc. If its just "Activision" content without Blizzard or King then sure because at this point that pretty much is just CoD. You get like one non-CoD thing a year out of them at this point (this year's was that shitty Crash GaaS, for example.)
According to Windows Central Microsoft told them that in Sony's case the deal is only for CoD.
Sounds like bullshit to me it'll either be through the cloud or there'll be some sweet irony to the 'most powerful console' narrative where they make all activision games be able to run on tablet hardware making the series X completely pointless 
I mean, CD Red pulled off the Witcher 3 on the switch but that was them gutting out most textures. So it's possible but if they want most quality it's more then likely going on the cloud.
new nintendo console doesn't mean current-gen performance
I can 100% see Nintendo getting the next Crash, Spyro, LEGO etc. games alongside Candy Crush & its spinoffs, but not PlayStation. If MS are considering bringing back Guitar Hero, they will probably also prioritize Nintendo over Sony for those games since Nintendo's contract actually allows for that while Sony's is only for COD.
People are fooling themselves if they think the contracts for Nintendo and Sony are the same. Nintendo played ball with MS's BS the entire time; Sony resisted and only caved in the 11th hour, after losing their two biggest chips to leverage. They 100% got a worst deal than Nintendo, and I hate to say that, but it's true.
People are fooling themselves if they think the contracts for Nintendo and Sony are the same. Nintendo played ball with MS's BS the entire time; Sony resisted and only caved in the 11th hour, after losing their two biggest chips to leverage. They 100% got a worst deal than Nintendo, and I hate to say that, but it's true.
I think its more likely that Crash just dies. Too much of his market is PS gamers and his brand seems ill-suited to "live service" bullshit.
On console theres only 2 killer apps which Microsoft own which will shift consoles in Microsoft’s favour.
COD and Minecraft.
One is staying on PlayStation for 10 years and the other we simply don’t know.
Sony needs to make a deal to get Roblox on Playstation to fill the gap Minecraft will eventually leave.
Secondly make their own Military shooter or make a deal with EA/Ubisoft for now.
The rest of the IPs Microsoft own will not have the same impact.
People haven’t stopped buying PS5s even though Bethesda is gone.
COD and Minecraft.
One is staying on PlayStation for 10 years and the other we simply don’t know.
Sony needs to make a deal to get Roblox on Playstation to fill the gap Minecraft will eventually leave.
Secondly make their own Military shooter or make a deal with EA/Ubisoft for now.
The rest of the IPs Microsoft own will not have the same impact.
People haven’t stopped buying PS5s even though Bethesda is gone.
Does it need to be the same game running on PS5?
They promises to release games from the franchises. They can be mobile versions of the games.