Microsoft has announced yet another 10-year deal with the company behind Nintendo Switch cloud games.
for a third-party cloud gaming platform – comes amid a campaign to convince global regulators to approve the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, amid concerns from bodies that the Xbox owner could build a monopoly in cloud gaming.
Microsoft has been trying to reassure regulators – such as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority and the US’s Federal Trade Commission – that it won’t make Activision Blizzard games exclusive to its own cloud gaming service, should the deal be approved. Microsoft used Wednesday’s announcement to repeat its claim that this deal and other partnerships will give more choice to more players.
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