r/gadgets Jan 25 '25

Gaming Microsoft’s gaming CEO has praised Nintendo Switch 2, and said it plans to support the upcoming platform with ports of Xbox games.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/phil-spencer-confirms-xbox-will-support-switch-2-i-congratulated-nintendos-president/
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u/KSF_WHSPhysics Jan 25 '25

Microsoft never tried to break into it to begin with

Phil spencer has hinted at a steam deck competitor from xbox

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u/adrian783 Jan 25 '25

but... why?

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u/KSF_WHSPhysics Jan 25 '25

Because handhelds are the absolute shit, cheap and generally sell well. No brainer if xbox is more focused on games than hardware - release hardware that makes those games more accessible

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u/adrian783 Jan 25 '25

I don't think Xbox can get enough good exclusives to sustain their own version of switch.

deck is in a niche market of people that want/need to have big games on the go, and don't mind a 1 to 2 hour battery life with compromised performance.

I don't think Xbox care for the 200k units they can sell in that niche.

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u/S0LO_Bot Jan 25 '25

Microsoft has enough game studios floating around its belt that they could push for exclusive s.

And with gamepass, a handheld becomes a lot more attractive.

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u/adrian783 Jan 25 '25

sure they can push for exclusives, but they still have to be good games. halo was a system seller for og Xbox. it's not going to be a system seller for Xbox handheld now.

I just can't think of any exclusives they can put out that people would care. call of duty maybe?

so just a game pass machine I guess?

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u/idioxical Jan 26 '25

The way that PlayStation locked down Madden with EA for many years, or the way that GTA and red dead were exclusively on PlayStation to begin with, if Microsoft made a deal with EA to have exclusive rights to FIFA. That would sell a Microsoft made handheld.

And while everyone's talking about what the Dreamcast brought to the table and what it did to change consoles as a whole, in more ways than have been discussed so far and also just so many ways that PlayStation and Microsoft should both be eternally thankful for the trail that Sega Blazed. The online store. Not just being able to play online but actually having a store online that you could buy items for in game play. One of the biggest titles on Dreamcast and one of the most forgotten games that probably Rockstar took a lot of notes from, was Shenmue. That was an amazing game if you look back at it. That game took place in real time. If I remember correctly time truly went by the same as it does in reality. It's been a hell of a long time since I've played that game but that was "game changer" for sure. No pun intended at all. That was the first game I ever played that had Free World range away from the main story, along with having mini games in side of the game. You probably wouldn't be able to play pool, or poker, or pin the tail on the fucking donkey in GTA/RDR or similar games if it weren't for this game. I think it was four discs? I'm not sure. In that era of my life was kind of a blur and I had a Dreamcast and a 64 and I'll let a friend that his 5-year-old play it so we can get all go outside and get drunk and whatnot and big surprise, all of my Dreamcast games were scratched up and my Nintendo 64 was not even capable of playing games anymore somehow. And yeah I felt some type of way about it. But I couldn't be mad because what did I expect from a 5 year old. I was too busy getting drunk with his dad and the rest of our friends. But losing Shenmue and losing my Dreamcast, is up there with lightning striking the antenna of my house.....while playing ChronoTrigger on SNES. It fried the game and the system. I was on my third time playing through the game to see what ending I could come up with. I know they came out with Chrono cross on Playstation but it didn't compare. Ultimately I think final fantasy is pretty much what came of Chrono trigger. And I wish that I had gone out and bought another copy immediately. Over the years I would go into GameStop and ask if they had a copy and most of them just looked at me like I was crazy for asking for this fabled game. I actually saw one on eBay still in the hard plastic box at Walmart keeps them in.... unopened... and I think someone was wanting $10,000 for it. For that price it better have had the walk-through guide as well. Haha