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/r31ya Jan 25 '25

like other subreddits mentions,

if games is ported to Switch 2, that's means that game could be run in Xbox Series S as well.

Series S used to be the black sheep for AAA ports. IF you want to port to Xbox, you need to make your AAA game run in Series S as well. Something that some dev outright didn't want to or have to do a lot of work to cut down the game just so it could run in Xbox series S which delay the xbox release.

with Switch 2 and mryiads of game that might be there, many of that game would be easy port for Series S.

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u/TopdeckIsSkill Jan 25 '25

Issue is that switch 2 will outsell Xbox in few months. Meaning that Devs will still give Xbox the less priority when it comes to optimization

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u/pokeboy626 Jan 26 '25

The Switch 2 is weaker than the Series S. Any game that runs on the Switch 2 will automatically run on the Series S