Activision regrets not releasing Call of Duty on Nintendo Switch

Activision brings in hundreds of millions of dollars annually sales call of Duty. Although releases like reload from Modern Warfare 2 exceeded 1000 million in just 10 days, the company could have made more profit by including the Nintendo console version. This issue arose in the FTC v. Microsoft lawsuit, where Bobby Kotick stated that he regretted not launching call of Duty on the switch.

During the presentation of evidence, the Activision CEO was asked if he had considered launching call of Duty on the switch. Bobby Kotick he answered yes, but ultimately decided against it. The manager admitted that miscalculated seeing the first prototypes of the console.

“I made the wrong decision,” Kotick said. “When I saw the Switch prototype, it was different from the Wii prototype, the most extraordinary gaming system ever made,” he said. Head of Activision Blizzard concerned that Nintendo wants to achieve so much with a handheld consoleso he refused call of Duty to the Switch.

After the console’s sales success, Kotick realized his mistake, but it was too late. “This is probably the second most successful video game system of all time, so it was a bad decision on my part,” he said. By the date Nintendo has sold over 125 million Switches worldwide.. This figure is barely dwarfed by the 154 million for the Nintendo DS or 155 million for the PlayStation 2.

call of Duty may come to Switch (or next Nintendo console)

One of Microsoft’s promises to regulators is that would take call of Duty on Nintendo Switch if the purchase of Activision Blizzard has been completed. The agreement, signed by Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s video game division, outlines the intentions to launch current and future games in the franchise on the Nintendo console.

While this intent was part of a list of commitments to get approval from the European Commission and other regulatory bodies, the truth is that Microsoft and Activision will consider launching call of Duty to the next Nintendo console. Switch sales in the millions would have been enough for Kotik to prevent another miscalculation, regardless of the conclusion of a sale and purchase agreement with Microsoft.

In a paper presented by the CMA, Redmond representatives believe that you can play these games Call of Duty: Warzone or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on Nintendo Switch. Although the game’s graphics engine is optimized to run on older hardware, technical limitations do not guarantee a similar experience to what’s happening on Xbox, PlayStation or PC.

Bobby Kotick wasn’t so taken aback when he questioned the Switch’s benefits, though there are alternatives. call of Duty for Nintendo consoles. One of them is to launch the game in the cloud or focus on the mobile version. Call of Duty: Mobile It is not a technically advanced degree and can easily fit on the hardware of this console.

It’s too early to draw conclusions though Activision will take a close look at Switch 2 prototypes. “We would consider it as soon as we had the specs (console), but right now they are not,” Kotick said.