Microsoft Signs Deals to Bring Games to Nintendo and NVIDIA GeForce Now
wowhead.comFollowing a hearing with the European Commission, Microsoft President Brad Smith announced a new deal to bring all Xbox PC games to competing cloud service NVIDIA GeForce Now, alongside a 10-year agreement to bring Call of Duty to the Nintendo Switch! Aimed at addressing concerns of availability should Microsoft acquire Activision Blizzard, those games will also be brought to GeForce Now if the deal is approved. The announcement came shortly after Microsoft made its case in a closed hearing at the European Commission earlier today, which has been investigating the proposed $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, a deal which is also being scrutinized by the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission and U.K. Competition and Markets Authority.
Both Microsoft and Activision have been firing back on all fronts, with Bobby Kotick recently calling out regulator's lack of experience in the industry, saying that neither company would ever do anything to upset availability. These new deals with Nvidia and Nintendo have been offered to help appease those regulators concerns that games such as Call of Duty would become less available, with Smith determined to prove that it will instead bring their games to ~150 million more players, to include making Activision Blizzard's library available on GeForce Now.
While speaking to media after the hearing, Smith said he was more optimistic about the purchase going through because of these new deals, but while a similar offer to ensure Call of Duty remains available on PlayStation is ready to go, Sony remains opposed.
Brad Smith, via GamesIndustry «We haven't agreed a deal with Sony, but I hope we will.» Smith says he has an envelope in his pocket with the deal on paper. «I hope today is a day. Read more on wowhead.com
