Nintendo hasn't necessarily been an ideal home for third-party developers over the past two decades, yet with the release of the Switch 2 it seems like gamers might finally be able to play one of the biggest games in the world.
When you've got Mario up your sleeve it's understandable why many aren't too bothered about being able to play big third party titles on a Nintendo console.
While you can look back to the GameCube as a console that welcomed some of the biggest and most impressive titles releasing, since then Nintendo has largely favored first-party development due to a shift away from the high-performance hardware that rivals like PlayStation and Xbox provided.
However, now that the recently released Switch 2 has had a much needed performance boost, it finally opens up the door for games that would otherwise have never made it to Nintendo's shores, and that seems set to include an upcoming title from a critically acclaimed series.
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As reported by IGN, Call of Duty developer Activision has revealed that it's current working with Nintendo in order to get Black Ops 7 working on the Switch 2, although details are fairly sparse at this point in time.
Officially the last Call of Duty title to be released on a Nintendo console was Call of Duty: Ghosts on the Wii U back in 2013, and that came with clear limitations that made it undeniably an inferior experience.
With the Nvidia-enhanced hardware inside the Switch 2 though it could be that Black Ops 7 not only breaks the 12-year wait for a CoD game on a Nintendo console, but offers a release with only minimal compromises compared to its PS5 and Xbox Series X|S counterparts.
There was no mention or sign of the Switch 2 during the Black Ops 7 reveal trailer at the recent Xbox Showcase though, suggesting that it isn't quite as set in stone as some might hope.
"We're committed to getting the franchise on Switch," revealed Activision in a statement to IGN. "Both teams are working on it. Will share details when ready."
With the game likely to release around October this year, there's only a few more months before Activision could realistically reveal it in time for a concurrent launch, making it far more likely that the game would drop at a later date if it does at all.
Part of the agreement made between Microsoft and the UK Competition and Marks Authority (CMA) when the former acquired Activison Blizzard back in 2023 outlined that the company had to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo consoles 'the same day as Xbox, with full feature and content parity'.
However, the agreement also outlined that at the time there was no evidence that Nintendo's console would be 'technically capable of running a version of CoD that is similar to those in Xbox and PlayStation', and thus the agreement isn't as strict as you might expect.
The Switch 2 is still undoubtedly less powerful that Microsoft and Sony's alternatives, but we might begin to see the binding terms of this agreement with the CMA finally take place - especially as Black Ops 7 is scheduled to drop on previous generation consoles.