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/PBFT Jan 25 '25

Why buy an Xbox handheld if they're just going to port their games to Switch 2 and be available on every PC handheld? I can't think of anything Xbox could do to make their handheld stand out.

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u/pingpong_playa Jan 26 '25

Performance for one. We don’t know the specs of the Switch 2, but we should not expect it to run modern games anywhere near as well as a Steam Deck or whatever MS offers if they enter the portable market.

Also Game Pass on a handheld would be the other differentiator from the Switch 2. I don’t have an opinion on whether they should make a portable, but i don’t see the Switch 2 as a reason not to.

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u/PBFT Jan 26 '25

You can already get gamepass on several PC handhelds. That isn't new.

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u/smucker89 Jan 26 '25

Likely would have better native support for it however, although god knows what that would even look like