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Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer expressed assist for Nintendo–and hinted that Xbox video games shall be coming to the Nintendo Switch 2–in a recent interview with GamerTag Radio.

“I would like individuals to have the ability to expertise the video games that we construct, the companies that we provide, on as many units as we are able to,” Spencer stated of Microsoft’s push to place Xbox video games on as many screens as attainable.

“We’re actually taking the method of, ‘We would like individuals to have the ability to play Xbox on many various screens,'” Spencer stated. “We’re not gonna put partitions up round the place individuals can interact with the good video games our studios are constructing, or the place they will expertise Xbox by means of completely different kinds. Whether or not it is cloud [gaming], whether or not it is on PC, whether or not it is on handheld, whether or not it is on telephones… I would like all people to have the ability to play on Xbox, and it does imply extra of our video games delivery on extra platforms, not simply on PlayStation. We love the work that we do with Nintendo, we love what we do with Valve on Steam, and that is what we will proceed to do, we’ll simply proceed to do extra of it as a result of what we be taught is, ‘Put the video games first, be certain the video games might be as nice as they will.'”

Spencer stated he needs gamers to decide on the {hardware} that is proper for them, and whereas he’d in the end prefer to see that {hardware} be Microsoft-made, getting Microsoft’s video games in entrance of a wider viewers is in the end the extra vital aim. Spencer stated that a part of the rationale for that is merely the extent of success reached by video games which might be accessible on a number of platforms.

“I all the time applaud the strikes that [Nintendo] makes,” he declared, including that he is “actually wanting ahead to supporting [Nintendo] with the video games that we have now [at Xbox].” Spencer even stated he personally congratulated Nintendo CEO Shuntaro Furukawa on the announcement of the Switch 2.

“I simply assume they’re such an vital a part of this business,” Spencer stated of the Japanese gaming large. “Who would ever wager in opposition to the success of that crew? I imply they’re simply masterful in what they do–Switch is an enormous success–and I feel Switch 2 shall be as effectively.”

“Increasingly more, that is an vital factor [as a player], that my save sport travels to no matter display screen I wish to play on, that my group’s all the time there, and I simply assume that must be an expectation for all of us: That the video games we put money into are capable of be performed on any display screen that we wish to play them on.”

“We love the expertise on our personal {hardware}, our personal platform,” Spencer stated. “However our video games will present up in increasingly more locations, little question.”

Microsoft is presently working by itself handheld gaming platform, however it’s reportedly nonetheless just a few years away from launch. The writer has already made a number of of its video games accessible for the Switch, and it is rumored that Halo: The Grasp Chief Assortment shall be coming to the Switch 2.

Spencer additionally mentioned different subjects, like the teachings Microsoft discovered from the launch of the Xbox 360, his favourite sport of 2024 (Metaphor: ReFantazio), and dealing with participant suggestions.

“It’s how I be taught, it is how I keep balanced,” Spencer stated relating to the best way he offers with crucial suggestions from Xbox customers. “Getting out of my bubble of the individuals I see day-after-day I feel is crucial.”

The 26-minute interview might be watched in full on GamerTag Radio host Danny Peña’s YouTube channel.