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By now, everyone must be aware of the fact that Microsoft has signed a deal with the Japanese giant Nintendo. Under this partnership, the latter will get to have Call of Duty for a period of 10 years on the future handheld consoles coming after the current generation of Switch.

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While most of the gaming fans are curious to see how this astonishing deal turns out to be, some of the crazy Nintendo enthusiasts must be thinking of the next console from Nintendo already. Because the newly announced Call of Duty promise from Microsoft might be a big indication for a good news in the near future.

When is the next Nintendo Switch releasing, following the Microsoft-Nintendo Call of Duty deal?

Recently, the head of gaming at Microsoft and Xbox boss, Phil Spencer, took to Twitter to reveal the ambitious deal with the Switch maker. He wrote that after the merger with Activision Blizzard King, they will offer CoD games on the Nintendo consoles for a duration of an entire decade.

Simply put, Mr. Spencer is actually trying to make games like Call of Duty reachable to more players no matter what platforms they are on. Now, considering the part of offering the blockbuster Activision franchise on Nintendo’s consoles, it may imply that fans of the handheld devices from the Japanese company won’t have to wait longer to get their hands on the successor to the current Switch. Why?

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It’s because the recently announced deal between Microsoft and Nintendo won’t close until 2023. This means that the Switch 2 or the new Nintendo hardware might be revealed within the duration of the next three years only. Because making a fresh device available after that won’t make sense for the 10-year Call of Duty promise.

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Hence, the Mario maker may come up with a massive update either by the end of next year or in 2024 in order to launch a Switch 2. That’s the possibility as of now, provided there’s no uncertain situation happening in the coming months. What are your thoughts on this entire scenario so far based on Call of Duty and its multi-platform availability?

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Also, do you think the next hardware from the Switch maker is on its way sooner than later? Let us know in the comments.