jeuxvideo also saying some big partnership between MS and Nintendo is coming
Maybe an E3 announcement?
Xbox and Nintendo team up: Xbox games arrive on Switch
For several weeks now, rumors have become more and more insistent: what if Nintendo and Xbox were about to become real working partners? A question that playsvideo.com has been working on for almost two months now, and to which we can now provide answers: yes, Nintendo and Xbox will join forces in the very near future. An amazing combination that will not be without consequences.
It all started a few weeks ago, when the program of the Game Developper Conference 2019 appeared on the internet. This is the title of one of the conferences that caught the eye of some industry watchers: "Xbox Live: Growing & Engaging Your Community Gaming Community Across Platforms (Presented by Microsoft)" (Xbox Live: Enlarging and Engaging Your Gamer Community on different platforms). The event, aimed at video game professionals, will be an opportunity for Xbox to unveil a new development kit, through which it will be possible to connect iOS players, Android, but also Switch, to Xbox players and PCs. This will be done through Xbox Live, the online service of Xbox, which would allow a player to find his gamertag and thus his profile of players on all these machines.
Ori and Cuphead land on Switch
An alarm signal that confirmed several information we had discovered a few weeks ago. Executives from Xbox and Nintendo have met regularly, especially in the United States as Xbox and Nintendo of America both sit in Redmond. Conversations that are not quite finished, but of which several decisions have already emerged. Starting with the upcoming arrival of Xbox games on the small Nintendo console. This has already begun since recently, the Japanese manufacturer has announced that Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice would land on Switch; '' 'but according to our information, it will soon be followed by Cuphead and Ori and the Blind Forest.
The big Xbox licenses as reinforcement ... supported by the Game Pass
But that's not all ; because our sources have told us that games bigger than Cuphead and Ori would be traveling; two of them let us know that one of the members of the Golden Triangle Halo / Gears of War / Forza was potentially concerned. We do not know exactly which one, or even in what form it will end, but that is currently part of the discussions that take place between Xbox and Nintendo. Because the possibilities are many: porting current games, or episodes Xbox 360 (more in step with the capabilities of the Switch), exclusive spin-off ... In addition, we were told that Rare games could also appear on Switch, conditional this time and without more precision. We think of course Rare Replay, a collection of old Rare games that would have a complete place on a Nintendo console. Remember that before a difficult separation, Nintendo and Rare have been partners for ten years and that for many players, the two companies are linked to many excellent memories.
In the end, there are hundreds of Xbox games that could be playable on Switch, through the Xbox Game Pass and xCloud, Xbox's streaming game system. According to our information, this solution could be accessible to players this year.
A logical strategy
Anyway, these revelations are ultimately not surprising, because in fact Xbox has every interest in carrying his titles on a maximum of media. Selling consoles in itself ultimately yields little money, compared to selling games or Xbox Live or Xbox Game Pass subscriptions. By bringing its services and brands to other platforms, starting with the popular Nintendo Switch, but also on iOS and Android, Phil Spencer and his troops are sure to reach a very, very large audience. Especially since at the same time, the American giant will continue to produce home consoles by its own means, which does not cut it from its main users.
As to whether Nintendo games could land on Xbox consoles, the question remains open: our sources have preferred not to answer this question; which means they have not totally denied this possibility. When we remember that last December, the CEO of Nintendo, Shuntaro Furukawa, said that in the future Nintendo could turn away from the design of consoles, there is something to think.
We should learn more in the coming weeks, but we must also keep an eye on the Xbox E3 2019 conference, where according to our information, it could play big things.
Contacted by us, Xbox France and Nintendo France did not wish to comment.
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