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Soundwave on 08 December 2022
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curl-6 said:
Soundwave said:

COD would do better on the Switch than the Wii versions did. Could probably top 2 million I think. 

The issue really is more that the current Switch can't run the console games as is and making a bespoke HD version is probably more costly these days. 

MS probably has been given some indication on the spec range for the Switch successor so they probably feel like that system can run CODs for a while at least. 

The Switch already runs games more demanding than Call of Duty.

COD targets 60fps even on the base PS4 and Xbox One, while Switch has proven capable of running games that can only manage 30fps on the 8th gen twins like Witcher 3, Hellblade, World War Z, Dying Light, etc.

While I expect the games will end up releasing on the successor, that's because I expect it will be out by the time they can close the deal and develop the port, not because the Switch can't do it.

The 60 fps is kinda important for COD games though, don't think you could do the whole "well lets just port it to Switch but make it 30 fps with some dips to 25 fps here and there". 

That probably wouldn't work. I mean they could do it but it probably wouldn't be popular with COD players. 

Really for MS this is more of a clever way of putting the anti-trust judges trying to rule against their purchase of Acti-Blizzard in a tough spot. If they nix it they're basically canning COD games for 100 million Switch owners even if it's just ports of older games and/or a port of COD Mobile for now, so they'd be put in an uncomfortable spot of denying content to gamers while trying to argue the exact opposite against MS.