Decent Call of Duty on Nintendo Switch? Brits Express Doubt
Microsoft assured that after the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Call of Duty games will come to Nintendo Switch. The British have doubts about this idea.
Microsoft tried very hard to convince the officials to approve the purchase of Activision Blizzard. Apparently in vain, because the UK's CMA strongly opposed the acquisition. Apparently, one of the reasons was British agency's lack of faith in the capabilities of Nintendo Switch.
In the full report, which consists of 418 pages, CMA discusses the Activision Blizzard acquisition in detail - from the history and situation in the video game market to the parties involved and their products.
The agency concluded that Nintendo does not compete that much with Sony and Microsoft in the console market - both in terms of the games it offers and technology.
In what follows, the CMA cites, among other things, the technical specs of the consoles (PS5, XSX/S and Switch), Activision Blizzard's secret reports on the difficulties that would be caused by an attempt to transfer Call of Duty to Nintendo's console, and statements from other publishers who have given up or had problems with similar initiatives (although examples of successful ports were also cited).
Thus the Brits doubt that Switch would be able to handle Call of Duty games in quality that does not differ from PlayStation and Xbox:
"Nintendo does not currently offer CoD, and we found no evidence to suggest that the company's consoles would be technically capable of running Call of Duty version not dissimilar to those for Xbox and PlayStation in terms of gameplay and content quality.
The agency mentions initiatives with cloud gaming on Switch, but points out that currently games using this technology stand apart from their "native" versions. Problems with porting Call of Duty on Nintendo's console are also indicated by the fact that for six years Activision did not attempt to port the series to Switch, despite the console's immense popularity.
Thus, concludes the CMA, the possible appearance of CoD on Switch would not have a major impact on competition in the market, as Nintendo's console complements rather than replaces players with competing platforms.
