Microsoft introduced this week that 4 of Xbox’s previously-exclusive video games are going cross-platform to PlayStation and Change. Xbox head Phil Spencer says in a brand new interview that he’d wish to see Sony and Nintendo carry their video games to Xbox — however that he is not holding his breath. From a report: In an interview for journalist Stephen Totilo’s Recreation File e-newsletter, Spencer stated the choice to carry 4 Xbox video games to different consoles wasn’t meant to make its rivals comply with swimsuit. “This isn’t for me, like, some form of bartering system,” Spencer defined. “We’re doing it for the higher of Xbox’s enterprise.” Regardless of this, Spencer stated he would after all welcome different consoles’ video games on Xbox, and famous that it might be helpful for multiplayer video games particularly, the place constructing a big on-line neighborhood is vital for a recreation’s lifespan.
“I’ll say, after I take a look at a recreation like Helldivers 2 — and it is an important recreation, kudos to the crew delivery on PC and PlayStation — I am not precisely certain who it helps within the business by not being on Xbox,” he stated. “When you attempt to twist your self to say, like, in some way that benefited any individual someplace. However I get it. There is a legacy in console gaming that we’ll profit by delivery video games and never placing them on different locations. We do the identical factor.” Spencer additionally famous that Helldivers 2 — which Sony launched on PlayStation and PC on the identical day — is doing nicely on the latter. “I’ll say delivery extra video games in additional locations and making them extra accessible to extra individuals is an effective a part of the gaming enterprise,” he stated. Additional studying: Phil Spencer Places Apple’s Cash The place His Mouth Is.