Just this week, Microsoft and Nintendo announced plans to release a Super Mario World mash-up pack for Minecraft: Wii U Edition later this month. We’ve seen Star Wars skin packs, Mass Effect mash-up packs. In fact, while the feature was originally exclusive to the PC version of the game, Microsoft and Mojang have been making a killing in recent years, signing deals with a variety of developers, publishers and console manufacturers to create skins and mash-up content based on other popular video game IP. Skins have been a big part of the Minecraft community for several years now. Just don’t go expecting anything too impressive. With how much the game makes on Nintendo Switch alone, it actually does help to explain why Microsoft might be eager to get Call of Duty on the system.Minecraft: Xbox One Edition is getting a brand new skin pack this week, that will be available as a free download through this weekend, to celebrate the four-year anniversary of Mojang’s beloved sandbox game. It's hard to overstate just how big Minecraft is for Xbox, and it's interesting to see how successful the game has been on other platforms. While there is speculation that Call of Duty will eventually become an Xbox exclusive, clearly, Microsoft sees a lot of financial benefit in releasing certain games across every platform possible. One of those companies was Nintendo, which is interesting as the Switch does not currently have any Call of Duty games. Microsoft has provided contracts to multiple companies offering guaranteed support for Call of Duty for a minimum of 10 years. The strength of Minecraft on other platforms was used in the case as evidence that Microsoft has more to gain by keeping Call of Duty available on multiple platforms, should the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard gain approval.
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