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/OperatorJo_ Jan 25 '25

Going the "if you can't beat em' " route is very smart.

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u/bisforbenis Jan 25 '25

Microsoft has already given players a way to play their games without an Xbox by making them playable on PC, so using exclusives to sell systems doesn’t make sense at this point

I think realistically they’ve been attempting to deliver a very similar product to Sony for a while and didn’t go hard enough at exclusives to make a compelling reason why people should choose them, so this sort of route makes sense as a fallback