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In the past few hours, Phil Spencer has confirmed that Call of Duty will also be released on Nintendo consoles; Xbox has signed a 10-year agreement with the Kyoto-based company. He also reiterated that games in the Call of Duty series would continue to be released on Steam. And in this regard, an interesting backstory emerges.
Contacted by Kotaku, Valve's Gabe Newell revealed that, indeed, Phil Spencer also proposed to the Newell-led company a deal to keep COD on Steam for many years; however, the company's founder thanked but without signing any contract.
What did Newell have to say about the offer?
"We are happy that Microsoft wants to continue using Steam to reach Call of Duty players. We have a very good relationship with them, and they sent us a draft agreement for a long-term commitment related to Call of Duty; however, we did not consider it," Gabe Newell said.
"We don't think it's advantageous to require long-term agreements from partners to convey them to Steam, plus we trust Phil, he's always kept his word, and we have no reason to doubt that Microsoft definitely likes to publish Call of Duty games where the COD community is well represented."
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These are the words of Gabe Newell, who closes the discussion by reiterating that he has complete confidence in Phil Spencer, meaning Steam users will still get COD titles in the future.
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