After Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the masterpiece "Call of Duty" series is now owned by Xbox. Phil Spencer appeared on a recent Official Xbox Podcast to answer questions about the acquisition and its impact. When host Malik Prince asked Spencer if there would be exclusive content in future Call of Duty series, the conversation naturally turned to Call of Duty.

While Spencer acknowledged that technically each platform is different and has different capabilities, he said he will strive to achieve equality across all platforms.

"For Call of Duty players on PlayStation, and future Nintendo players, I want you to be 100 percent a part of the community, and I don't want you to feel like there's content, skins, or opportunities that you're missing out on, and that's not our goal," Spencer said. "Our goal is to be as 100 percent equal as possible across all platforms in terms of distribution and content."

He mentioned that Xbox has been excluded from Call of Duty content in the past and he doesn't want that culture to continue.

"We've been left out in the past in terms of certain skins and times, and even this beta wasn't on Xbox in week one," he said. "I just don't think that's going to help the community, it's not going to help the game, and if you're a Nintendo player, I want you to feel like you're one hundred percent part of the Call of Duty family."

Call of Duty has a complicated history on Nintendo hardware. There were some excellent releases on NGC, followed by a series of increasingly better games on the Nintendo Wii, which was the series' high point on Nintendo. There were also several Call of Duty games on the NDS, which were well-received at the time.

The two Call of Duty games launched on Wii U, Call of Duty 9: Black Ops 2 and Call of Duty 10: Ghosts, both failed commercially, essentially ending Activision's interest in continuing to port the series.

Now, with Nintendo and Microsoft signing a ten-year deal, you can expect Call of Duty to appear on Nintendo hardware. That reality remains to be seen, but Spencer seems optimistic that Nintendo players will be able to have the same experience as other platform owners.

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