Microsoft and Nintendo have a reasonably good relationship, which has allowed for video games from some Microsoft IPs to be obtainable on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Online. Microsoft has additionally regularly expressed a want for bringing Nintendo and Xbox followers collectively. Xbox head Phil Spencer has even talked about that he considers Nintendo Switch gamers to be part of the Xbox household.
That stated, Microsoft’s initiative appears to incorporate Game Pass as effectively. Xbox CFO Tim Stuart has lately stated throughout a Wells Fargo TMT Summit that “it’s a little bit of a change of technique. Not asserting something broadly right here, however our mission is to convey our first-party experiences [and] our subscription providers to each display screen that may play video games. That means sensible TVs, meaning cellular gadgets, meaning what we’d have regarded as rivals up to now like PlayStation and Nintendo”.
