Microsoft introduced this week that 4 of Xbox’s previously-exclusive video games are going cross-platform to PlayStation and Change. Xbox head Phil Spencer says in a brand new interview that he’d wish to see Sony and Nintendo convey their video games to Xbox — however that he is not holding his breath. From a report: In an interview for journalist Stephen Totilo’s Recreation File publication, Spencer mentioned the choice to convey 4 Xbox video games to different consoles wasn’t supposed to make its rivals observe swimsuit. “This isn’t for me, like, some sort of bartering system,” Spencer defined. “We’re doing it for the higher of Xbox’s enterprise.” Regardless of this, Spencer mentioned he would after all welcome different consoles’ video games on Xbox, and famous that it might be useful for multiplayer video games specifically, the place constructing a big on-line neighborhood is essential for a recreation’s lifespan.
“I’ll say, after I have a look at a recreation like Helldivers 2 — and it is an ideal recreation, kudos to the workforce transport on PC and PlayStation — I am not precisely positive who it helps within the trade by not being on Xbox,” he mentioned. “In case you attempt to twist your self to say, like, in some way that benefited any individual someplace. However I get it. There is a legacy in console gaming that we’ll profit by transport video games and never placing them on different locations. We do the identical factor.” Spencer additionally famous that Helldivers 2 — which Sony launched on PlayStation and PC on the identical day — is doing effectively on the latter. “I’ll say transport extra video games in additional locations and making them extra accessible to extra individuals is an effective a part of the gaming enterprise,” he mentioned. Additional studying: Phil Spencer Places Apple’s Cash The place His Mouth Is.