rumors are rumors but Xbox games showing up on Switch 2 makes a lot of sense and if they are cloud save enabled to carry progress across platforms, sign me up
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It's done completly out of weakness.
PS and Nintendo are behaving very different. PS is still pushing hard on the money hats. They smell blood and why wouldn't they finish xbox off in consoles.
Keep hearing how the industry is changing (it is) but it only seems to be changing (mostly) for one of the platform holders. The other two are still excluding the former.
Change is triggered when something is not working. Sony and Nintendo are doong very well with their hardware. MS does not seem to think their hardware (which lack sales) can bring enough software sales therefore they believe becoming a 3rd party publisher will bring them the $$$ they want.
I agree, but I think MS moves are more from a desire to do much bigger numbers than what Sony or Nintendo do profit-wise. I think after the investments management said that playing the console exclusive game, even if they won, would not meet their objectives.
Agree, but if Game Pass goes to Switch, then there really isn’t a compelling reason left for Xbox hardware. Honestly, I’d be okay with that if you could have the Xbox ecosystem on the device. To achieve that, MS would have to make full Xbox ecosystem support a requirement for getting Game Pass.
I mean Xbox is already all in on "this is an Xbox"
No reason to think they wouldn't want the next Switch to have Xbox games or even be able to stream Game Pass games.
Eh, I’ll just go PS next gen. If the choice is between a console with few to no exclusives and a console with exclusives plus their competitor’s games, the choice feels extremely easy. Also fees like they’re turning their back on their core base but I guess it’s what they feel they have to do.
The only negative thing about this move by Xbox, taking games that were previously exclusive to other platforms, is that the opposite does not happen. Let's see what else Xbox will offer us to convince us to continue in the ecosystem or buy a new console.
Cloud saves would actually be genius because it would make Switch 2 owners consider an buying an Xbox for playing their games at better performance when out of handheld mode.
Much easier to make the purchase when you're already invested in the eco system.
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PS and Nintendo are behaving very different. PS is still pushing hard on the money hats. They smell blood and why wouldn't they finish xbox off in consoles.
That can’t be healthy.
Platform A has all its games and Platform B’s
Platform B has its own and none of A’s.
It’s an easy choice.
If the only differentiator is Game pass then I don’t think that’s going to be enough.
Would you mind expanding?
you are thinking hardware sales matter when its always been about the software
why care where you play as long as you can play the games
No reason to think they wouldn't want the next Switch to have Xbox games or even be able to stream Game Pass games.
Much easier to make the purchase when you're already invested in the eco system.