Microsoft has announced that it has reached an agreement with Nintendo to bring Xbox games to the consoles of the Japanese company for 10 years, something that includes the popular Call of Duty from Activision Blizzard.
The signing of this binding contract between the two companies has been announced a few hours after the American giant holds a private hearing in Brussels with the aim of defending before the EU its intention to buy Activision Blizzard, an operation through which has promised to pay the figure of 68,700 million dollars, but which is encountering objections from various competition regulatory bodies and the European Commission itself.
“We just signed a binding 10-year contract to bring Xbox games to Nintendo gamers,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a Twitter message. “This is just one part of our commitment to bring Xbox games and Activision titles like Call of Duty to more players on more platforms,” he adds.
The Redmond company had already announced last December its intention to launch future installments of this popular series of action games on Nintendo, but it has not been until now that it has announced this legally binding agreement.
The binding contract with Nintendo is a demonstration of goodwill within hours of Microsoft defending the purchase of Activision Blizzard before the EU
“Microsoft and Nintendo have negotiated and signed a 10-year binding legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo gamers on the same day as Xbox gamers, with the same features and content parity, so they can enjoy Call of Duty. Duty in the same way as Xbox and PlayStation players ”, also explains the tweet published by Smith.
“We are committed to offering the same access to Call of Duty to other gaming platforms in the long term, offering more options to more players and more competition to the video game market,” adds the message in reference to its competitor Sony PlayStation, the company that has shown a stronger opposition to the possible purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft.
Image of the video game ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
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On the table is the largest purchase in the history of entertainment, an operation with which the manufacturer of Xbox intends to take over such successful brands as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush, and which has received a list of objections for part of the European Commission and other regulators in the United Kingdom and the United States because of the possible anti-competitive effects of the agreement.
The objective of the private hearing that Microsoft will hold this afternoon in Brussels is to try to convince the European Commission and other regulatory bodies in the United Kingdom and the United States, after they have presented their objections due to the possible anti-competitive effects of the agreement.
The possible purchase of Activision Blizzard would be the largest in the history of entertainment, an operation with which Microsoft could take over brands as popular as ‘Call of Duty’, ‘World of Warcraft’ or ‘Candy Crush’
The private audience that will be held this afternoon in Brussels will bring together representatives of the big companies in the sector, such as Google, Nvidia, Electronic Arts, Valve or Sony.
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Albert Garcia
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