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Nintendo accepts Call of Duty's offer for 10 years, Sony declines.

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Microsoft has announced its commitment to release parts of the Call of Duty game on Nintendo devices as well as on the Steam platform for a period of 10 years. Of course, that's if it can get its acquisition of Activision Blizzard approved.

Phil Spencer He said via his Twitter account that Microsoft has entered into a 10-year commitment agreement to release the game on Nintendo platforms. He added that the company is committed to these agreements to bring the game to more players across different platforms.

And Spencer came back once again to confirm that they have the same commitment to the PC platform should the acquisition deal go through.

I’m also pleased to confirm Microsoft’s commitment to continuing to offer Call of Duty on Steam alongside its arrival on Xbox, now that we have completed our merger with Activision Blizzard King.

Obviously, the current Nintendo Switch device cannot run the game with the required quality and precision, so we hope this deal includes the new generation of Nintendo platforms.

It’s worth noting that Microsoft made the same offer to Sony, which Sony rejected outright. This rejection indicates Sony’s lack of trust in Microsoft’s promises, especially since it sets a specific time frame and isn’t open-ended. This, of course, is what has some antitrust regulators worried about approving the deal.

Microsoft, through an official statement to the New York Times, presented the ten-year offer for Call of Duty on PlayStation. While the company's boss returned Brad Smith on Monday to confirm the offer with its own statement to the Wall Street Journal.

Smith said Sony has been the most prominent objector to the deal since it was announced, while Microsoft has been very enthusiastic about it. He added that the main potential anticompetitive risk Sony raises is that Microsoft will no longer make Call of Duty available on PlayStation platforms. But that would be economically irrational.

What are your expectations as to why Sony rejected this offer? Do you think it will eventually succumb?