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Microsoft Says It Is Committed To Bring Call Of Duty To An "In-Development Switch Model"

Microsoft's statement in Judge Corley's ruling mentions the company's commitment to bring Call of Duty to an "in-development Switch model."

Asplundh303d ago

A Switch pro finally? I'd buy it.

Jin_Sakai303d ago

Switch 2. There is no Switch Pro.

Rimeskeem302d ago

Sounds like the slogan of a porn star.

Asplundh302d ago

It says "Switch upgrade" and "in-development Switch model", to me that doesn't sound like they're talking about a Switch 2 and sounds like another Switch iteration instead.

Zhipp302d ago

@Asplundh
A pro model would not have big titles exclusive to it though.

Asplundh302d ago

@Zhipp
Idk. Nintendo did it with the New 3DS, locking bigger games like Xenoblade to it that weren't compatible with the base 3DS.

Zhipp302d ago

@Asplundh
I don't count the Xenoblade port as a big title, but I still think even that release was a mistake. If Nintendo allows third parties to release titles exclusively on their pro console it becomes functionally identical to a Switch successor anyway. If they're gonna fragment the userbase they might as well go all the way with a switch 2 -- I assume Nintendo is smart enough to see that.

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Number1TailzFan303d ago (Edited 303d ago )

Question is, will Nintendo cheap out on the hardware yet again? Maybe they'll surprise us and even have new solid state cooling like the Airjet.. Yeah, probably not likely..

closed_account303d ago

Yea, most likely a PS4 level console, PS4 Pro if we're lucky.

RupeeHoarder303d ago

I agree, PS4 level Switch which would be fine by me.

Demetrius303d ago

Ikr games like horizon forbidden west and Gow Ragnarok, red dead 2 showed PS4 got power, it's messed up how most devs underutilized the power of it smh

darthv72303d ago

Steam deck is ps4 level... maybe switch 2 should aim higher. Like
Series s / one x level.

repsahj303d ago

If the next switch will be ps4 or ps4pro level, I will buy it day 1.

closed_account302d ago (Edited 302d ago )

@Demetrius, I agree. PS4 can pump out some impressive looking games, so it's not a bad thing. I think they should hold off Metroid Prime 4 as a launch title. I'm also waiting for Tears of the Kingdom to have better draw distance & consistent framerate.

Stylized games that aren't texture heavily would especially look good and could maybe hit 60fps in some instances.

If it's portable, it'll be pretty amazing at PS4 level.

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--Onilink--303d ago

Its not really cheaping out, they have a very different focus, which is price and battery life.

Even the ROG and Steamdeck show how hard the balance is in a handheld when it comes to power/cooling/noise vs performance. And those are machines that are practically twice as expensive.

People need to learn to be more realistic when it comes to expectations for any kind of handheld, at least until battery technology significantly changes.

sertz302d ago

Absolutely. Nintendo has been the company through and through that has shown that games don't need amazingly realistic graphics or huge download sizes to achieve a masterpiece. Games, like movies, are art. Art can be minimalistic. Art can be incredibly realistic. And everything in between, abstract, strange, disturbing etc.

They (Nintendo) don't need to shoot super high for hardware specs. They just need specs where they can get the ideas they have across to gamers. And so far they have been doing that consistently for some years now. They learned their lesson in the GameCube days where hardware alone just wasn't the direction to go. It was "here are the games we want to release this gen, this is the timeline. What hardware can we achieve that with?".

It's very smart. I still prefer my more realistic and beautiful shooters and RPG's to Nintendo's more lax view on it, I wish the Switch was more powerful, absolutely... However I know they are not really in contention with Playstation or Xbox. Those aforementioned two are direct competitors. Nintendo has a market all its own, and I do appreciate that as a gamer. We get much more varied and unique forms of games.

porkChop303d ago (Edited 303d ago )

Hardware-wise it should be fine. Nvidia will likely be able to get them a GPU with DLSS 3 and frame generation. Though they'll need much faster RAM and a lot more of it.

Profchaos302d ago

I wouldn't say they will cheap out but if you think you'll get rog ally specs no chance the system still has to be affordable for the masses something the ally isn't and even if the specs are up there Nintendo will limit the system to prioritise battery life it's just what they do.

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Outside_ofthe_Box303d ago

Good guy Microsoft. Looking out for the greater good of gamers everywhere.

blackblades303d ago

For that name you sure arent thinking outside of the box

maniacmayhem303d ago

Seeing MS win finally broke him.

XiNatsuDragnel303d ago

@Manic

Nah no company Is a good guy fam.

Jin_Sakai303d ago

Nintendo Switch is great and has some of the best games on any platform. The only time it’s subpar is when is connected to a TV. Hopefully with DLSS Switch 2 will be more pleasing when connected to a 4K TV.

Profchaos302d ago (Edited 302d ago )

Let's be honest isn't the switch just a more portable Wii U. I say that as someone who owns both switch feels like a more refined Wii U in many ways

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Please, can Call of Duty leave awful Netflix-style menus behind

Call of Duty games used to be streamlined experiences, but COD 2024’s UI could be another nightmarish clutter of streaming tabs.

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LucasRuinedChildhood15d ago

Let's just leave Call Of Duty behind.

anast14d ago

The isn't for you anymore.

BlackCountryBob14d ago

If we’re beating that drum, can we also stop forcing anyone who wants to play only the single player to download Warzone and all updates BEFORE they are then able to do another download from the menu of the single player campaign. I don’t see why I need 150gb of downloads in several ways to play the single player mode only from a bloomin disk which should have that campaign on it already.

DefenderOfDoom214d ago (Edited 14d ago )

The UI is confusing to me because I have not purchased a Call of Duty iin like 8 years .Only bought CoD MW3 because 3 of my friends I have known since to 70s are playing zombies . But I am used it now .

smolinsk14d ago

The UI is the least of the franchise many problems these days. But yes the UI is also terrible.

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Players claim Fortnite ruined Call of Duty by letting in more corporate greed

Do you remember what gaming was like before Fortnite entered the gaming space? One of the biggest arguments was about loot boxes. Now we have conversations about crossovers, battle passes, and community outreach.

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GoodGuy0926d ago (Edited 26d ago )

Idk. Loot boxes did disappear and battle passes and in game purchases are all cosmetic. We get free weapons and maps post launch, any gameplay affecting content. I could care less about all the cosmetics.
I absolutely hated the days where weapons were locked behind a less than 1% chance lootbox pull where it'd take 5+ hours to have enough tokens to do a single pull and lazy remastered/remake maps cost you $15 each wave or $50 for the season pass that you didn't know what you'd get and these maps were only available to those that bought it so you get a smaller pool of players match with.

Tacoboto25d ago

The "good ole days" are actually what drove me away from COD and Halo 3/Reach. Halo 4 becoming a COD-like drove me away from that only a week or so after it launched and I beat its campaign.

It sucked way back then, going a month or two without playing online-shooter-of-the-moment, and then needing to buy a $15 map pack to play with the majority of the population or your favorite playlist. The "community" rejecting Spartan Points in MCC killed that game's support, too. No revenue = no support, plain and simple.

Cacabunga24d ago

That headline could easily be something Spencer could have said 😅 I had to check if it was really an opinion piece

KyRo24d ago

As times gone on, the COD battle pass has got ALOT worse so they can push people to buy the more premium battle pass which itself is a huge rip off and nearly half the price of the base game.

The cosmetics can be fine but they've taken it to far to the point of no return. Why make a military themed game then have rabbits, dinosaurs, cats, rats & z list rappers as skins? You wouldn't add a Lamborghini to a fantasy RPG to replace a horse and you would never see Mario have limb dismemberment because they know what they are. COD is having identity crisis but kids and streamer but then all

franwex25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Call of duty can simply not copy the bad aspects of Fortnite? Or is that too out of this world? Like COD, a realistic shooter-just HAD to have Nicki Minaj running around? Or super heroes?

Inverno25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Exactly! Trends don't all need to be followed. Plus where Fortnite got somewhat better with it's monetization, Acti got worse. Or at least Fortnite has lended itself more to the wacky stuff, and has put more effort and quality into that stuff.

jjb198125d ago

I prefer the battle passes with free maps than the $50 season pass that divided the community. I definitely feel that Fortnite had some influence on CoD having loot boxes with Blackout being introduced in 2018 with Black Ops 4.

PRIMORDUS25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Actually Fortnite bullshit ruined Unreal Tournament. Epic are sellouts and I will never have that shitty store on my PC, fuck them and that shit bag Tim Sweeney. At least the community keeps the games alive, I still play UT2004.

StoneTitan24d ago

I mean cant really blame them for supporting the game that made them the most money and the most people player...ever?

Psychonaut8525d ago

Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance.

Ra303024d ago

100% correct! The makers of Call of Duty ran out of ideas long, long ago so they take ideas from other games like Ghost Recon, Fortnite and any other FPS game hat had success hell CoD remasters maps that they've remastered several times already then charge you again for it. Call of Duty is simply a cut, copy and paste and then put the $70 price on it every year. Activision and now Microsoft has been essentially remastering Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare every year since it was released in 2007 its to the point it's worse than the sports game like the Madden, NBA and others yearly sports franchises.
@Psychonaut85 is spot on "Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance"!

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