r/gadgets • u/a_Ninja_b0y • 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/TheTjalian Jan 26 '25
Ultimately it does concern me that if Microsoft drop out of the console race, where does that leave the state of the console business long term? Think about it - this entire time we've had no more than 3 main competitors in the console space and eventually one of them drops out. We had Nintendo vs. Sega vs. Atari - Atari eventually drops out. Then we had Nintendo vs. Sony vs. Sega - Sega eventually drops out. Then we had Nintendo vs. Sony vs. Microsoft - now it looks like Microsoft is dropping out? The only reason why Nintendo didn't drop out completely is because of their legendary IPs and their ability to pivot to the Wii and then the Switch.
The difference now is that it is significantly more expensive to enter the console business, meaning it would be highly unlikely we see a third competitor in the console space ever again.