Regardless of some earlier feedback, Xbox Head Phil Spencer has cleared the air on whether or not we would see Recreation Cross on PlayStation or Nintendo consoles.
In the direction of the tip of final month, chief monetary officer at Xbox Tim Stuart mentioned in a presentation at a Wells Fargo TMT Summit that the video games firm desires to “carry our first-party experiences [and] our subscription providers to each display that may play video games. Meaning good TVs, which means cellular units, which means what we might have regarded as rivals prior to now like PlayStation and Nintendo.” Welp, it looks like that is not an instantaneous purpose of Xbox’s on the very least, as in a current interview with Home windows Central, Spencer made it clear there at present are no plans to carry Recreation Cross to PlayStation or Nintendo.
“I am going to begin by saying we’ve no plans to carry Recreation Cross to PlayStation or Nintendo,” mentioned Spencer. “It is not in our plans. However I feel you hit on the correct level of ‘what it means to personal an Xbox.’ The factor I need to be centered on is how will we proceed to innovate for individuals who’ve made the dedication to our {hardware} platform? And the way will we proceed to be sure that they really feel nice about their funding in what we have constructed.”
Spencer additionally touched on how Xbox has been rising Recreation Cross, bringing it to PC and including in cloud streaming performance. “It is an vital a part of the Xbox console id. And I feel it would proceed to be that. And we’ll proceed to have a look at future methods for us to innovate throughout our recreation portfolio and our platform.”
So, no, you will not have the ability to play Recreation Cross in your PS5 or Swap, at the least not proper now. Spencer has beforehand mentioned how Recreation Cross will not come to competing consoles, although he does nonetheless appear intent on assembly gamers wherever they is perhaps. I would love Recreation Cross on the N-Gage personally, the gaming platform of the longer term, however that is simply me.