Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox, wants PlayStation to keep gettingCall of Dutygames. Rather than hide it away on the Xbox platform, he reiterates that he would want theCall of Dutyfranchise to continue on PlayStationand would eventually like to see it on the Nintendo Switch in the future.
Ever since the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard acquisition became public earlier this year, the main topic has been what it means for theCall of Dutyfranchise. The fallout has included Sony’s lawyers making many cases against the merger in different countries around the world. DespiteSony’s fears, Microsoft has said that the future of the franchise is multi-platform and if Phil Spencer gets it his way, could see an expansion.
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Speaking at the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference, Phil Spencer said, “Call of Dutyspecifically will be on PlayStation. I’d love to see it on the Switch, I’d love to see the game playable on many different screens. Our intent is to treatCall of DutylikeMinecraft.” This statement should ease the fears of many; if Spencer gets his way, rather than making the game exclusive he’ll be expandingaccess toCall of Dutyto a platform that hasn’t seen a mainline title in almost a decade.
Spencer’s hope to bringCall of Dutyback to the Nintendo platform is a promising sign. A Nintendo console has hosted the franchise sinceCall of Duty: Ghostson the Wii U in 2013.Call of Dutygames on the platform were offered inconsistently and were derided due to poor performance versus its competition. One way the franchise could return to the platform is through Microsoft’s Cloud Gaming endeavors. With Nintendo beginning to offer games likeNier: Automata, a slew ofKingdom Heartsgames, and a collection ofResident Evilgames via Cloud Gaming, a future partnership for theCall of Dutygames between the companies through Cloud Gaming may be possible.
Phil Spencer’s mindset of “treatingCall of DutylikeMinecraft” should go a long way toward easing fears that Microsoft would nefariously takeCall of Dutygames away from PlayStation players in the future. The threat ofCall of Dutygames going on Xbox Game Pass has spooked Sonyinto continuing fights to assureCall of Dutywon’t be on the service.Minecraftis available on nearly every possible gaming platform long after Microsoft purchased Mojang, the studio that created the game, in 2011. Though the word of a single man within a large corporation may not stand the test of time, theMinecraftreference shows that it doesn’t have a history of sudden switch-ups.
