A senior Microsoft official reiterated the company's commitment to bringing Xbox games to the Nintendo Switch 2. The move underscores the gaming giant's ongoing multi-platform publishing pivot that has already resulted in several former Xbox console exclusives launching on the original Switch.
Faced with declining console sales and lengthening game development cycles, Microsoft started boosting its gaming revenues by bringing titles to rival platforms in early 2024. In the latest example of this trend, the Halo 1 remake was just announced for the PS5, which will get it on the same (yet-to-be-announced) day the Xbox Series X/S and PC do in 2026.
While the Switch 2 wasn't mentioned in the October 24 announcement, Nintendo's hybrid console will see plenty of support from Xbox. That's according to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who said as much in a recent interview with Famitsu, conducted before Halo's multi-platform push was confirmed. "We're trying to lower the barrier to entry for people to play our games," the executive said, pointing to services and initiatives such as Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Play Anywhere, respectively. At the same time, he confirmed that Microsoft plans to keep releasing games for both...
