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Microsoft has announced gaming deal with nvidia
Microsoft and NVIDIA’s deal will bring Xbox PC games to NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW cloud gaming service, including Activision Blizzard PC titles if Microsoft’s proposed acquisition goes ahead.
Microsoft and NVIDIA announce a ten-year partnership
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Microsoft and NVIDIA’s agreement involves a ten-year partnership which will see Xbox PC games brought to GeForce NOW (a service which Microsoft points out has over 25 million members), including Activision Blizzard PC titles if Microsoft’s acquisition is approved. A statement from Xbox boss Phil Spencer was shared with the announcement. “Xbox remains committed to giving people more choice and finding ways to expand how people play. This partnership will help grow NVIDIA’s catalogue of titles to include games like Call of Duty, while giving developers more ways to offer streaming games. We are excited to offer gamers more ways to play the games they love.”
GeForce’s senior vice president Jeff Fisher also shared his thoughts. “Combining the incredibly rich catalogue of Xbox first party games with GeForce NOW’s high-performance streaming capabilities will propel cloud gaming into a mainstream offering that appeals to gamers at all levels of interest and experience. Through this partnership, more of the world’s most popular titles will now be available from the cloud with just a click, playable by millions more gamers.”
This deal follows close on the heels of Microsoft having signed a “binding ten-year contract” to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms. According to live coverage from Eurogamer of Microsoft’s press briefing in Brussels — where the NVIDIA deal was announced — Microsoft president Brad Smith feels more confident about the fate of the Activision Blizzard acquisition in the wake of the Nintendo and NVIDIA deals, continuing with Microsoft’s argument that it aims to bring games like Call of Duty to more players instead of making it exclusive.
Sony’s opposition to the Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition looks set to continue. We’ll keep an eye out for any major developments
