Microsoft signs 10 year deal with Nintendo to ensure same-day releases for CoD, other games
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- 17 Nov 2023
I guess the games be overpriced and the customer lose as always Nintendo & Microsoft are not know for being good that's for sure
- Kangal
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- 24 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 23 Feb 2023You missed the whole point of the Switch being a portable c... moreThe Switch isn't a pocketable console. Nintendo themselves marketed it as a "hybrid" console. It is incapable and underpowered compared to the likes of XsS, PS4 Pro, and XB1.
Yet, the Switch feels capable and powerful when compared to the likes of the new3DS, 3DS and DS. But those handhelds were only ever competing against the PS Vita, PSP Brite, and PSP. They were never competing against the likes of the PS3, Xbox 360, or the Xbox.
So if it's Nintendo who is vying for the attention of AAA-Developers from the likes of the PS4, then it is Nintendo themselves who are making the comparison of their "hybrid console" to the Home Consoles. The ironic part is that it wasn't impossible, in Q1 2016, the Xiaomi 5 flagship was released cheaper than the Nintendo Switch, with a higher quality display, good cameras, storage, memory, and a much faster processor. So it wasn't impossible for Nintendo to release the Switch better. They should have gone with +14nm-TSMC, 8x Cortex-A73, 8GB RAM, and 64GB storage... then a Custom iGPU on top. Knowing the technical specifications it was possible for the Nintendo Switch to outperform the PS4, which would've made ports easier and viable, and would've given developers the confidence in the platform.
Okay... but what about the (XsS, PS5, XSX) new-gen consoles?
They could have followed up with a competitive offering. Something like 5nm-TSMC, 8x Cortex-A78, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage, and the same iGPU as before. Let's call this the "Super Switch". But then you place it in the "Super Dock" and suddenly it Fast Charges it, has Active Cooling, overclocks the CPU, and enables the eGPU function to remain competitive. That would be the smart way around this.
But Now?
They have a bad reputation and relationship with Developers. Those large companies would love for their games to run on Nintendo's handheld, just as long as it's streamed from the Cloud, in a monthly subscription service. That's a more viable option for them, and it's what Microsoft might make an agreement with them.
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- Anonymous
- 70d
- 23 Feb 2023
Kangal, 22 Feb 2023Those are more the exception than the rule. If you reall... moreYou missed the whole point of the Switch being a portable console.
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- Anonymous
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- 22 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 22 Feb 2023obviously by the time they come to Nintendo the switch 2 wi... moreI don't think so. A successor of the Switch may be released in 2025 or later.
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- Anonymous
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- 22 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 22 Feb 2023Microsoft always just brings up COD, well I'm worried ... moreIt's a nature of contracts to have specific periods. Also, do you even know Call of Duty games? What Call of Duty game takes 5 years to develop?
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- 22 Feb 2023
Dometalican, 21 Feb 2023I mean, The Witcher 3 and Elden Scrolls seem to do fine on ... moreThose are more the exception than the rule.
If you really want to know the capabilities of Nintendo Switch compared to other platforms look at BioShock Infinite. Compare it's graphical fidelity with the original version on the Xbox 360 (from 2005), then the Remaster on the Xbox One (from 2013) and Xbox One X (2018), then the Port to the Nintendo Switch (from 2017).
Based on that test, if we were to give the Xbox 360 as score of 100 points, the Xbox One would achieve somewhere around 500 points, and the Xbox One X would score around 700 points. Whilst the impressive port on the Switch would only muster a score of 200 points. Ergo Nintendo released a console in 2017 that is competitive with a console from 2005, that's how far behind they were... now there's the Xbox Series S, the PS5, and the mighty Xbox Series X, so they are absurdly behind in terms of speed and capabilities. No wonder the AAA-Title Studios don't care to even try to port. It would be like comparing an iPhone 6 Plus to an iPhone 14Max, or comparing a Samsung S5 (Exynos 5433) to a Samsung S22 (Exynos 2200), or comparing a Sony Xperia Z5p (QSD 810) to a Sony Xperia 5 mk V (QC 8g2)... but in these comparisons the phones are actually closer to each other in terms of capabilities.
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- Dk5
- 22 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 21 Feb 2023How much did MS pay for the deal? $65 billion
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- Anonymous
- k@B
- 22 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 21 Feb 2023Call of duty on Nintendo switch be like 30 fps in dynamic 7... moreobviously by the time they come to Nintendo the switch 2 will be out dude, 2023 is literally the last year for the switch u know that right
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- Anonymous
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- 22 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 21 Feb 2023Sony has been buying timed exclusives and extra features in... moreu mean the same as Microsoft been doing with ninja gaiden, tomb raider, the medium, the ascent, plz don't bring up the timed crap as sort of excuse like that hasn't been around or done by MS, at one point they had marketing timed stuff with COD first as well
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- Anonymous
- k@B
- 22 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 21 Feb 2023How much did MS pay for the deal? they haven't paid yet, it didn't yet go through, but they want to pay a whopping 65 billion smh
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- Anonymous
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- 22 Feb 2023
Microsoft always just brings up COD, well I'm worried about crash, diablo, etc more and that's why i don't want them to go exclusive, also f your 10 years is nothing it can take 5 years to make one game smh, why not say indefinitely, why put a number on it doesn't bode well
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 21 Feb 2023How much did MS pay for the deal? Just 69 billion dollars.
Microsoft didn't had place to store those money and were lying around so they thought let's just purchase something.
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- chris1998
- JiW
- 21 Feb 2023
i dunno know why people were crying about microsoft and cod... from what i can remember mw2 dlc maps came out on xbox 360 1 month before ps3. no one was crying then
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- Anonymous
- XU4
- 21 Feb 2023
How much did MS pay for the deal?
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- 4BT
- 21 Feb 2023
Armorkingu, 21 Feb 2023After what they did to Nokia, would I still believe Microso... moreWindows Mobile
Zune
Windows Phone
Surface Duo
Microsoft knows how to screw their customers like Stephen Elop did to Nokia.
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Feb 2023
Armorkingu, 21 Feb 2023After what they did to Nokia, would I still believe Microso... moreWaiting for Steam OS for desktops or a Steam console. MS is disgusting and only pc games are keeping me with them.
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Feb 2023
Chixby, 21 Feb 2023Microsoft just trying to buy every game maker out there to ... moreSony has been buying timed exclusives and extra features in their versions of the game, so Microsoft is just trying to level the playing field.
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 21 Feb 2023Implying nintendo hardware can run COD in the first place hahaha.Not a nintendo fanboy but, they have pc ports on their consoles.
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 21 Feb 2023Why not? Microsoft is a huge company.Monopoly is bad.