Microsoft agrees to a 10-year partnership with NVIDIA and Nintendo: read the “disturbing news” this weekend at once! (1/3 page) – ITmedia PC User

Microsoft agrees to a 10-year partnership with NVIDIA and Nintendo

Microsoft Vice Chairman and President Brad Smith announced on February 20 (local time) that Nintendo and Activision Blizzard’s popular game “Call of Duty” will be available for 10 years at the same time as Xbox. He tweeted that he had signed a binding contract.

Also, on the 21st (local time), they announced on their official blog that they signed the same agreement with NVIDIA. In connection with this, not only Call of Duty games, but also Xbox PC games will be provided to NVIDIA’s cloud gaming platform “GeForce NOW” for 10 years. The deal will allow titles like Call of Duty to be played on GeForce NOW once Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is complete.

MicrosoftThe acquisition of Activision Blizzard, announced in January 2022, has raised concerns from regulators in the United States, the European Union and Japan, and this 10-year deal will give Xbox a monopoly on popular titles like Call of Duty after the acquisition. He thinks the goal is to dispel fears that you might have.

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