There's been talk about expanding Xbox's Game Pass subscription service to other platforms on multiple occasions in the past, and in a GameReactor interview featuring Xbox head Phil Spencer, the question has been raised once again.
So, would Phil and his team be willing to bring Game Pass to the PlayStation and Switch? While he's not entirely sure they're the "next set of users", he says Microsoft could be open to discussions. Here's his response:
"We still have iOS to go after, we will come to iOS at some point. We're still working on some of our technology on PC for larger screens in terms of streaming, and getting to iOS, and I think once we get through that, we look at what the other options are. There's smart TV's out there, there's Chromebooks out there, there's FireTV out there, there's a lot of discussions we would have, we would prioritize it based on where we would find the most new players, that we could naturally bring content to.
I love the Switch, I love PlayStation, honestly, I think they've done an amazing job as being a part of this industry. I'm not sure that those are the next big set of users for us, but we could be open to those discussions."
Whether or not these other platforms would be willing to cooperate is another question altogether. Phil previously admitted the reason something like this hasn't happened yet is because these other platforms aren't willing to play host to the full Xbox ecosystem.
Do you think there's a chance of Microsoft expanding Game Pass to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch in the future? Share your thoughts down in the comments.
[source gamereactor.eu]
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It’s a utter shame all these so called “journalists” are making unfair expectations all from one platform instead of demanding better and more pro-consumer services from the actual platform which is at fault.
Phil said before that he wants the full Xbox experience so you need to setup an Xbox account and get all your achievements and such. I don't think Sony and Nitendo want you to basically use their systems as Xbox light consoles. Depending on how the next 5 years go there might be a change but I don't think Xbox has this on their radar at the moment.
@Krzzystuff 5 years from now, when Xbox has pulled out of hardware, other platforms will allow it.
@Menchi they did say they are already working on the next Xbox. The thing on 5 years is what's the competition to gamepass? What will Stadia & Luna look like then? How will Sony deal with it, will they realeas 1st party day and date? They don't have enough content to do that currently and as we all know no one wants to play old games on PlayStation so adding old content is useless right? It would require a massive shift that will take a while to implement and heavy investment that Sony doesn't exactly have cash for.
Personally, I don't see Gamepass hitting the PS5 or the Switch.
Seems unnecessary anyway imo and like @Senua said I don't know why it keeps getting put to them.
Once they bring xCloud to other platforms such as iOS, PC and the Xbox consoles themselves, I'm sure it won't be too long after when we'll start to get the streaming stick, tv apps etc.
I think this will 100% happen somewhere down the line, maybe even this generation.
Its already been said that Gears and Halo were considered for PlayStation at some point in the past, so this is a given.
Xbox are going to stop being a console manufacturer at some point to focus on their services like GamePass. Bringing GamePass to PlayStation would be a huge win for Xbox and Sony imo, but most importantly gamers too.
Would be a very interesting Trojan horse strategy and I'm sure Sony realizes that and will never agree to it. MS could include every PS running Xcloud games as part of their Xbox platform and count those users as Xbox users. It will be a cold day in hell before Sony allows that to become a reality lol.
I may be the only one, but this kind of rubs me the wrong way a bit. It seems like they only really care about Game Pass, and putting it on competitor's platforms kind of defeats the purpose of continuing to support them as your platform of choice.
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