Microsoft ‘Confident’ It Can Run Call of Duty On Nintendo Switch

After Microsoft and Nintendo agreed to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms for at least a decade, Microsoft has detailed its plans for Call of Duty on Nintendo Switch.

in filing Submitted to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (via the edge), Microsoft has revealed that it believes the free-to-play and full-featured versions of Warzone and Call of Duty could have a home on Nintendo’s hybrid console.

“The game engine that powers Warzone is mature and has been optimized to run on a wide range of devices (from the Xbox One console released in 2015 to the Xbox Series X), as stated in part of the filing.”Warzone supports PCs with cards GPU released since 2015 (i.e. before the Nintendo Switch was released in 2017).”

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Just because the Switch is newer than the Xbox One doesn’t mean Nintendo’s console is more powerful. In fact, it’s quite the opposite, as we’ve seen many games originally released on Xbox One get original Switch ports with lower performance and resolution to run on the system.

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It looks like Microsoft is ready for Activision Blizzard to pursue the port option that has also been downgraded when it comes to releasing Call of Duty on Nintendo platforms.

“The Activision development team has a long history of optimizing game performance for available hardware capabilities,” the statement read. The parties trust that in addition to Warzone, buy-to-play CoD titles (for example, CoD: Modern Warfare 2) can be optimized to run on Nintendo Switch in a timely manner using standard technologies that were used to bring games like Apex Legends and DOOM Eternal And Fortnite and Crysis 3 to the Switch.”

In addition to the games listed in Microsoft’s roundup, Nintendo Switch has also seen ports of games like Skyrim, Wolfenstein 2, Dark Souls Remastered, and more. It appears that Microsoft will not pursue a cloud release approach on Nintendo platforms, as the company said the agreement means “that Microsoft will develop and publish future original console versions of CoD titles for Nintendo platforms for at least 10 years.”

The report to the UK’s Capital Markets Authority is the latest in Microsoft’s attempts to advance its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The tit-for-tat from Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, and Sony has been going on for over a year now, with Sony’s latest argument saying that Microsoft may intentionally sabotage the PlayStation version of Call of Duty.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with minor lines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.