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RUMOR: Microsoft Preparing Xbox App & GamePass for Nintendo Switch (Direct-Feed Games)
- Thread starter Monumma
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Man if this is true. The next smash game is gonna have some real interesting MS characters 😀
I have no idea why you'd want to play a fighting game via the cloud
Spongebob and Patrick = Microsoft and Nintendo at E3
Squidward = Sony not at E3
Chances are Nintendo gets a small cut from Gamepass and Microsoft gets a cut from Nintendo Switch Online since it will be needed.
And this news doesn't undercut owning an Xbox at all. There will be an audience for those who only wants to play Xbox games at a good price or in 4K. But now we have Nintendo fans who can play Xbox games on their Switch
What if nintendo also allows some games on the XBL marketplace to play on Xboxs? Like Metriod Prime 4 on Xbox
Playground Games making the next Zelda?!
Playground Games making the next Zelda?!
I see no reason why Nintendo would ever allow this. Seems like they would be more likely to set up their own service instead of allowing competitors on their platform.
There's a possibility that the final charcter will be a MS Charcter
This. It's why I wouldn't expect a bunch of Nintendo games ported to Xbox.
Not even close. He's actually been pretty reliable. Not 100% of course but no one is.
It's pretty significant added value for the Switch, value that could potentially bring in an audience that Nintendo themselves is finding difficult to capture. Their competition with Microsoft is not so fierce that something like this would see an automatic denial from the company.
Sounds good, have been playing xbox one X games in portable form this last 3 months and its nuts. Serious question, how will they manage the button UI?
If Xbox Live comes to Switch then please for the love of let first party Nintendo games utilize it
Mainly two things. First,while some spending in game time will be given up to game pass, there Will be few people who completely neglect Nintendo's products in favor of game pass on switch. You may as well play game pass on a tablet with a controller paired.
And second, Nintendo makes better new games than you're going to get on game pass anyhow. Super popular, evergreen games, that always go for $60. Zelda, smash, Mario kart. $180 just like that. for the most part, Nintendo will still sell games and third parties will still be able to sell games on switch.
Plus this makes not only the switch itself more attractive, but makes their dinky online Nintendo service more attractive. So again, I'm saying some business maybe lost here and there but it will be made up for by growing the pie.
I'm not saying it's going to be all roses. You know. Truth is stranger than fiction and all kinds of weird shit could happen. But on paper, this looks like a win-win and pretty good deal for Nintendo.
Nintendo will always have their first party input, which has shown an incredible ability to sell hardware and will still do so in the future.
It makes a lot of sense.
MS won't need a lot of image quality for their games to stream reasonably on the Switch. The problem will be input lag, that remains to be seen.
Nintendo, on the other hand, can have the third-party support from big companies, that the Switch unfortunately lacks, through this service.
Yeah, it's a win-win situation for both parties in my view.
MS won't need a lot of image quality for their games to stream reasonably on the Switch. The problem will be input lag, that remains to be seen.
Nintendo, on the other hand, can have the third-party support from big companies, that the Switch unfortunately lacks, through this service.
Yeah, it's a win-win situation for both parties in my view.
One thing though...
You got games like Gears, Halo etc, those games right now are too demanding for Switch. No way are MS devs gonna scale the games down for Switch. So how will this work? Is that where the streaming comes in?
You got games like Gears, Halo etc, those games right now are too demanding for Switch. No way are MS devs gonna scale the games down for Switch. So how will this work? Is that where the streaming comes in?
Yeah Nate has been around a long time, and has supplied plenty of good information over the years.
It's a streaming service, local hardware is largely irrelevant.
Just because the whole Xbox One library works with xCloud does not mean Gamepass on Switch gets all Xbox games. It will be a curated library just like it is today. Just streamed and not downloaded. People need to chill.
https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/0...ging-game-pass-and-published-titles-to-switch
Gameinformers backing it up