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"We have no plans to bring Xbox Game Pass to PlayStation or Nintendo." Xbox CEO Phil Spencer on console hardware, the future of Activision-Blizzard, and much more

In our exclusive interview with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, we got a glimpse of the future of Xbox, and Microsoft's evolving strategy going forward.

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"I'll start by saying we have no plans to bring Game Pass to PlayStation or Nintendo. It's not in our plans. But I think you hit on the right point of 'what it means to own an Xbox.' The thing I want to be focused on is how do we continue to innovate for people who've made the commitment to our hardware platform? And how do we continue to make sure that they feel great about their investment in what we've built.

I'm obviously going to have my own point of view on our hardware. But I think our hardware teams did a great job with the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this generation, giving value and performance in the hardware line. When I think about investments in things like Game Pass, and Xbox Cloud Gaming, cross play, and cross save, and ID@Xbox, all of these things — I want us to continue to innovate, so people on our console feel like we're making investments in console that matches their commitment they're making to us.

Game Pass was one of the things you know that over the last five years we built, and we continue to grow, it's on PC, it's on cloud. It's an important part of the Xbox console identity. And I think it will continue to be that. And we will continue to look at future ways for us to innovate across our game portfolio and our platform."

 

[FoxMcChief]

Then Sony and Nintendo are dead.

 

[StealthGoblin]

More like they got laughed out of the room.

We know they tried.

 

[Godot25]

...and the dream of some people of Microsoft going third party is dead...

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

The CFO and CEO at MS Gaming division rn

 

[legacy24]

they don't want or need that shit in the first place

 

[Spitfire098]

 

[graywolf323]

so they have no plans to do it but the CFO says they‘d like to eventually?

 

[Raonak]

So much mixed messaging. Describes Xbox in general.

 

[Skifi28]

I wonder if the top cats over there at Xbox ever communicate with one another.

 

[Bernoulli]

in other words they got

 

[mansoor1980]

what dream?

 

[FrankWza]

How in the world did windows central pull that exclusive?

News - Platform - [Windows Central] Don't buy a PlayStation — Save money on the PC versions of Marvel's Spider-Man, Horizon Zero Dawn, and others instead

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/dont-buy-a-playstation-save-money-on-the-pc-versions-of-marvels-spider-man-horizon-zero-dawn-and-others-instead While PlayStation long required any prospective players of its games to pick up a new console, those days are over...well, kind of...

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[kiphalfton]

I'm sure Sony and Nintendo are traumatized by this.

 

[SJRB]

Can any interview be considered "exclusive" when Phil Spencer gives like 8 a week?

Microsoft: "we'd like to see Gamepass on Playstation and Nintendo"
Sony and Nintendo: "Fuck off, we don't want your shit on our systems"
Microsoft: "Hah, joke's on you. We never wanted to anyway"

 

[adamsapple]

what dream?

The third party dream.

It's over jim.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

 

[semiconscious]

it's an important part of their strategy. i mean, they just said so yesterday...

 

[Heisenberg007]

Translation: "Nobody told Phil Spencer what's actually happening at Xbox then."

 

[gothmog]

Phil is using the royal we or something? He seems to be talking more about his opinions on the matter.

 

[Woopah]

The model probably doesn't work when you're paying 30% of your subscription revenue to someone else.

 

[adamsapple]

Phil is using the royal we or something? He seems to be talking more about his opinions on the matter.

He is the CEO, afterall. His words weight more than Stuart, who reports to him.

 

[FrankWza]

I wonder if the top cats over there at Xbox ever communicate with one another.

 

[Skifi28]

Not what I had in mind but sure, I'll take it.

 

[SHA]

Idk, the 2028 version will be them making a fair deal when it reaches high numbers, there won't be division between blue and green then, just third party companies making deals, Nintendo will become the only first party company.

 

[StealthGoblin]

The model probably doesn't work when you're paying 30% of your subscription revenue to someone else.

Currently they are getting 0% from the 100m+/40m+ PlayStation userbase. If they made an compelling offer with some assurances then Sony might go for it.

 

[DJ12]

The third party dream.

It's over Phil.

Fixed it for you.

If Jim wanted that hot trash, it would already be on PlayStation.

Realistically, Stuart pissed on their thunder and he's seen the engagement dropping and the shills revolting on X and has tried to put a dampner on it, just like he did with the series x without a drive which some people seem convinced is the big announcement.

 

[odhiex]

I don't see it (Gamepass) will land on any competing ecosystems (including STEAM) anytime soon, if not ever.

I am more interested to see how many XBOX first party games would be selling to other platforms, beyond the current ActiBlizzard titles and Minecraft?

 

[IntentionalPun]

Of course they don’t it’s always been a non-starter.

 

[Ozriel]

 

[-Zelda-]

is that Mario in Minecraft? I really want to see Nintendo make games like that, but with Mario, Link, Samus, etc. They did for Dragon Quest.

 

[jroc74]

Okay, sure.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

...and the dream of some people of Microsoft going third party is dead...

In what way?

 

[Heisenberg007]

Also Microsoft:

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2022/10/13/game-pass-playstation-blocked-by-sony/

What an absolute non-stop comedy circus this company is

 

[MarkMe2525]

so they have no plans to do it but the CFO says they‘d like to eventually?

Yes

 

[NonPhixion]

I believe Phil when he says “We have no plans”

 

[NickFire]

He said a lot without saying much at all if you ask me. For example:

"I asked Spencer if Microsoft has a plan for the "innovation" he mentioned, and to describe what said innovations might look like.

"We absolutely do. Just just last month, we elevated Sarah Bond to be the president of Xbox, the hardware team is in her organisation, the platform and services team are in her organisation. We made that we made that organisational move specifically to ensure we had a unified focus for our innovation roadmap across hardware and services. That includes the developer platform for Xbox consoles as well. That's about innovation we're doing within our teams, but we'll have more to talk about in terms of what we're doing in the hardware space, and in the service space — there's a lot of there's a lot of great work for us to do. We're always listening."

 

[King Dazzar]

so they have no plans to do it but the CFO says they‘d like to eventually?

Infuses you with confidence doesn't it. Maybe its all just another thought experiment!

 

[adamsapple]

Also Microsoft:

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2022/10/13/game-pass-playstation-blocked-by-sony/

What an absolute non-stop comedy circus this company is

The headline of the article is out of context, the actual MS statement to CMA doesn't say that they made an offer to Sony.

But interestingly, the PS5's built in web browser blocks game pass access if you try to use it.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

"We have no plans to bring Xbox Game Pass to PlayStation or Nintendo." Xbox CEO Phil Spencer on console hardware, the future of Activision-Blizzard, and much more

In our exclusive interview with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, we got a glimpse of the future of Xbox, and Microsoft's evolving strategy going forward.

www.windowscentral.com

Correction: the dream version 73 is dead. It will come back around, it always does. Has been for two decades.

On topic, I tried to tell y’all in the CFO thread.

 

[Danknugz]

Who cares? How about Nintendo to game pass? Now we're talkin

 

[Topher]

Then Sony and Nintendo are dead to me.

ftfy

 

[Mowcno]

Your biggest first party games will do just fine then. No need for gamepass.

 

[Topher]

On topic, I tried to tell y’all in the CFO thread.

Who was saying otherwise?

 

[adamsapple]

Correction: the dream version 73 is dead. It will come back around, it always does. Has been for two decades.

 

[Flutta]

Even the leaders at MS don’t know what they want or what direction they want to take. What a mess Xbox has been this gen. If even the leaders have no believe in it how will the costumers….

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Starfield will still end up on PS5 in 1-2 years. I am not backing down on this.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

 

[adamsapple]

Who was saying otherwise?

Which part? The 'going third party' part? Multiple users are saying that in the other thread. I don't want to quote spam here.

 

[Beer Baelly]