Thirty7ven
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What does that have to do with COD?
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Microsoft claims it can get Call of Duty Warzone and MW2 running natively on Switch
What does that have to do with COD?
X-Wing
Member
You claimed Microsoft was talking about tech they don't know...
Thirty7ven
Banned
Yeah the tech COD is built on.
oldergamer
Member
They are saying warzone released in 2015, not Xbox one.
Microsoft claims that because Warzone “[supports] PC hardware with GPU cards that were released as far back as 2015,” there’s no reason it couldn’t optimise the 200-player battle royale work on Nintendo Switch.
Microsoft goes on to claim that since “the game engine that powers Warzone is mature and has been optimized to run on a wide range of hardware devices (ranging from the Xbox One console released in 2015 up to the Xbox Series X),” it could be altered to run on the Nintendo Switch, which was released in 2017.
However, this is a clear error, since the original Xbox One was released in 2013, not 2015, arguably strengthening Microsoft’s point.
Microsoft then cites Apex Legends, Doom Eternal, Fortnite, and Crysis 3 as similar titles that have been successfully ported to Switch using “standard techniques.”
It wrote:
X-Wing
Member
Why are you so sure they don't know it?
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Knightime_X
Member
How large will updates on switch be?
Damn game seems to download Dreamcast's entire library on a weekly basis
Damn game seems to download Dreamcast's entire library on a weekly basis
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What MS actually secretly mean:
They should ask how many people want it and see if there is an actual market for it to question why Activison haven't done this themselves. Nobody is buying a VW Beetle to enter Le Mans. Those 30fps 640p players with their Switch wifi aren't going to be having a lot of fun online.
They should ask how many people want it and see if there is an actual market for it to question why Activison haven't done this themselves. Nobody is buying a VW Beetle to enter Le Mans. Those 30fps 640p players with their Switch wifi aren't going to be having a lot of fun online.
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Thirty7ven
Banned
Why do I have to entertain that bs? If MS says they can port Cyberpunk and Ratchet and Clank to the Switch I just have to entertain that bs too?
Gimme a break
X-Wing
Member
You seem upset... It's not necessary...
Microsoft is on the way to purchase Activision, both companies are working closely preparing the merger and they could even have worked closely before. It's quite possible Microsoft does know the tech behind COD and they have clearly experience working with the Switch... There would most likely be compromises but Microsoft also has a lot of experience when it comes to scalability. From all the things Microsoft has said this is the most believable one.
Eh, It could run on a PS3 I guess if you strip everything that makes the game what it is today in order to fit into that old console
I mean, right now Activision could port the games to Switch without need from MS, but without some major cutbacks I don't see it tbh and that's why they didn't bother, we're only talking about it because MS brought it to the table
Also tech wise Idk how far is the Switch from X1-PS4 in terms of real power, but I'm sure X1 run circles around the Switch, so idk how feasible it is to achieve parity or whatever
I mean, right now Activision could port the games to Switch without need from MS, but without some major cutbacks I don't see it tbh and that's why they didn't bother, we're only talking about it because MS brought it to the table
Also tech wise Idk how far is the Switch from X1-PS4 in terms of real power, but I'm sure X1 run circles around the Switch, so idk how feasible it is to achieve parity or whatever
01011001
Banned
you could absolutely port Ratchet and Clank to the Switch
would be easier than Warzone in fact.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Difference is that MS owns ID Software and CoD engine is/is based on IDTech engine.
NoLootBoxDev
Member
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
PR gonna PR.
If anyone cared about CoD on the Switch, there would be CoD on the Switch. Activision tried those experiments many times in the past on Nintendo platforms.
If anyone cared about CoD on the Switch, there would be CoD on the Switch. Activision tried those experiments many times in the past on Nintendo platforms.
bluecowboys
Banned
COD can run on the switch just like doom eternal or Witcher 3. Im pretty sure switch owners will be okay with it since it is a hand held first and foremost. Also, it is better to get the game than it is to not get it at all.
This is the rare instance where I say please be PR, please be PR, please be pretty little white lies.
Cause is Switch becomes the minimum spec for COD in the next few years . . . . . .
Sleepwalker
Member
The switch is closer to a ps3/360 than a ps4/xbox one.
Maybe they can port over the original mw2 lol
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Seriously.
oldergamer
Member
of course they can get it to run. it would be visually different, but still able to run. Not like multiplayer games are as graphically intensive as single player titles anyway
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Good luck with that. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to play sub 30fps CoD with cut down everything.
Less than 1/4 quarter of the framerate at 278P, with half the bullets removed sounds like the perfect experience.
Deerock71
Member
Like a CoD wouldn't sell on the Switch.
Deerock71
Member
What was actually insane was ignoring an installed base of 122 million screens, which might play partly into the reason why they were in a position to be purchased in the first place.This is so fucking funnyThey're trying to use the Switch as a Trojan Horse to get their insane (which, by the way, would be really bad for the industry) Activision deal approved. They are so desperate. This is really the best strategy they have left? Fucking lol!
Oddvintagechap
Member
I mean Apex works. Just give it PS2 graphics and call it a day.
Deerock71
Member
Exactly. I think Switch owners aren't expecting PS5 graphics.
El Pistolero
Banned
So the idea is to "build" a COD community on a Nintendo platform, before pulling the plug 10 years down the road? 
Oddvintagechap
Member
they don’t expect anything. they take anything they can get.
anthony2690
Banned
Will be fun to see the cutbacks to get it running, I am genuinely interested in seeing this.
Hugare
Member
IW have been saying for years now that they couldnt trim down the size of the game to less than 100 gb
Even with heavily compressed textures, sound and all that, I dont know if they would be able to fit it into a cart
And even if they are able to do that, to make the game run at a stable 30 FPS would require something else
Havent been done before because its not worth it.
knocksky
Banned
And that's their problem. They have committed to it, and will do it.
Surely we are not heading down the the path that it's not possible because a regulator said something to try and justify their position. And it is obviously a regurgitation of something that someone has said to them
Spyxos
Gold Member
In Fortnite, I couldn't even see distant enemies, they were 1-2 pixels tall. Cod would definitely be a lot worse.
Wonder how anyone managed to play any game at all on past consoles. Literally can't see anything.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
The elephant in the room.
IW have been saying for years now that they couldnt trim down the size of the game to less than 100 gb
Even with heavily compressed textures, sound and all that, I dont know if they would be able to fit it into a cart
And even if they are able to do that, to make the game run at a stable 30 FPS would require something else
Havent been done before because its not worth it.
systemr123
Member
COD Infinite, the gaas game, with a 10 year content and support plan. Somehow that sounds familiarSo the idea is to "build" a COD community on a Nintendo platform, before pulling the plug 10 years down the road?
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
108P 6FPS
Saber
Gold Member
Yeah, it seems alot of people are downplaying this. Activision didn't born yesterday, they know they could farm alot of money on Switch. But they also would have alot of trouple, multiplayer wouldn't be smooth at all, they wouldn't cash their store with microtransactions as much, problems with space and constant updates because of its GaaS nature, etc. Wouldn't be worth the trouple.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Better argument than "they will hide bugs on the final level".
MatrixReloaded101
Member
They are just desperate to close on the deal…
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Barakov
Gold Member
Microsoft claims that because Warzone “[supports] PC hardware with GPU cards that were released as far back as 2015,” there’s no reason it couldn’t optimise the 200-player battle royale work on Nintendo Switch.
Microsoft goes on to claim that since “the game engine that powers Warzone is mature and has been optimized to run on a wide range of hardware devices (ranging from the Xbox One console released in 2015 up to the Xbox Series X),” it could be altered to run on the Nintendo Switch, which was released in 2017.
However, this is a clear error, since the original Xbox One was released in 2013, not 2015, arguably strengthening Microsoft’s point.
Microsoft then cites Apex Legends, Doom Eternal, Fortnite, and Crysis 3 as similar titles that have been successfully ported to Switch using “standard techniques.”
It wrote:
Deerock71
Member
Playing Nintendo games is skimming the cream off the top.