Microsoft preparing Gamepass for Switch, will publish multiple games on Switch.

[Goukosan 2,249]

What's with all this spin? 

 

All this baseless speculation of Nintendo also putting games on Xbox are tales from the Ass. 

 

Multiple outlets are reporting on the rumor but not ONE has leaked Nintendo putting games on Xbox. 

 

That would be a bigger story than Xbox games on Switch. 

 

MS is the one who wants gamepass/XCloud on everything they can get including smart TVs..... the end. 

 

 

[DynamiteCop 2,085]

2 minutes ago, Goukosan said:

What's with all this spin? 

 

All this baseless speculation of Nintendo also putting games on Xbox are tales from the Ass. 

 

Multiple outlets are reporting on the rumor but not ONE has leaked Nintendo putting games on Xbox. 

 

That would be a bigger story than Xbox games on Switch. 

 

MS is the one who wants gamepass/XCloud on everything they can get including smart TVs..... the end. 

 

 

Multiple outlets are reporting the same exact thing from the same original rumor... More people reporting something doesn't substantiate it, it just means its getting broader attention...

 

 

[Goukosan 2,249]

Just now, DynamiteCop! said:

Multiple outlets are reporting the same exact thing from the same original rumor... More people reporting something doesn't substantiate it, it just means its getting broader attention...

 

 

Some sites are reposting the ssme info from the same source. 

 

Game informer 

Juex Video

Nate Drake

Windows Central (I believe) 

 

all reported their own information. 

 

Point is.... everything else is tales from the Ass. 

[Purist 134]

8 minutes ago, Goukosan said:

What's with all this spin? 

 

All this baseless speculation of Nintendo also putting games on Xbox are tales from the Ass. 

 

Multiple outlets are reporting on the rumor but not ONE has leaked Nintendo putting games on Xbox. 

 

That would be a bigger story than Xbox games on Switch. 

 

MS is the one who wants gamepass/XCloud on everything they can get including smart TVs..... the end. 

 

 

It has been clear for some time now that MS wants to put their service everywhere they can. They are moving from physical platform to a virtual one and Switch is just another vessel(a big one though) for them to expand their virtual platform and absorb more money.  Millions and millions of Switch owners will be absorbed into the MS virtual platform/ecosystem, and will continue to be even after Switch dies. MS is playing the long game here. That's all they care, they don't care if Nintendo games never make it on Xbox.

Edited February 23, 2019 by Pureis

[Goukosan 2,249]

1 minute ago, Pureis said:

It has been clear for some time now that MS wanting to put their service everywhere they can. They are moving from physical platform to a virtual one and Switch is just another vessel(a big one though) for them to expand their virtual platform and absorb more money.  Millions and millions of Switch owners will be absorbed into the MS virtual platform/ecosystem, and will continue to be even after Switch dies. MS is playing the long game here.

Yes I agree. They're moving to a service model. 

 

But... for some reason... DynamiteCop believes that Nintendo or other manufactures that MS want their service on... has to give MS something in return... when MS is the one that needs the other manufacturers to expand XCloud/gamepass outside Xbox hardware. 

 

So he goes on to make up his own rumors 

 

 

 

Edited February 23, 2019 by Goukosan

[jehurey 3,227]

Microsoft is the one saying they are openly looking to be on other platforms.

 

Nintendo begrudgingly allowed to make some games for mobile phones, and they were completely different games, they've only made like 3 of them over the past 3 years.

 

If Nintendo were moving their games somewhere else, the rumors would be leaking all over the place.

[Playstation Tablet 1,725]

So MS launches Halo Infinite and the next XBox. Some parent walks into a store sees an XBox and a Switch will Halo. Someone explain how outside the first year XBox sales arent going to absolutely tank?

[Remij 4,670]

2 hours ago, jehurey said:

Microsoft is the one saying they are openly looking to be on other platforms.

 

Nintendo begrudgingly allowed to make some games for mobile phones, and they were completely different games, they've only made like 3 of them over the past 3 years.

 

If Nintendo were moving their games somewhere else, the rumors would be leaking all over the place.

I agree.  I think it will be quite some time before that would possibly happen (in the capacity I want it to, anyway) and Nintendo and MS' partnership would have to slowly grow in such a way that it would prove to be viable and successful for both.

 

I feel like this could be the beginning of it though... After all, Nintendo WAS going to partner with Sony on a console in the past.  It all starts with MS courting them, offering them anything they can, and if Nintendo see's benefits from using MS' services and whatever else, then over time as people get used to the idea of the partnership, then something could happen.

 

A lot of words like "could" and "possibly" and "potentially" in there, but the fact that they are even doing what they are already shows that they have an open mind.  The other thing is that both MS and Nintendo have undergone key changes in management, and changes in philosophy in regards to approaching the market in a different manner than the traditional way.  I feel like both companies are in a position to benefit from this partnership, not just MS.

[Playstation Tablet 1,725]

Nintendo will never have the capacity to make a streaming service. MS is desperate for hardware to put XCloud on, and there is nothing else like a Nintendo piece of hardware. Plus it's very possibly Amazon and Google could take MS's place if they don't go to Switch first. 

 

This is great for next gen PS5 sales though. 

[Remij 4,670]

1 minute ago, Team 2019 said:

Nintendo will never have the capacity to make a streaming service. MS is desperate for hardware to put XCloud on, and there is nothing else like a Nintendo piece of hardware. Plus it's very possibly Amazon and Google could take MS's place if they don't go to Switch first. 

 

This is great for next gen PS5 sales though. 

Yes.. Nintendo and MS partnering... and Amazon and Google entering the market is great for Sony  

 

 

[Playstation Tablet 1,725]

7 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

Yes.. Nintendo and MS partnering... and Amazon and Google entering the market is great for Sony  

 

 

Switch selling more hardware and XBox taking a hardware hit is great for Sony. Shawn Layden just confirmed that PSNow for them is nothing other than a side option, like PSVR.

 

Believe it or not but Sony isn't going to use the streaming market as their main platform, just like Sony will never again make a dedicated handheld, or Nintendo will never make a purely dedicated console. Different areas of expertise. As for Google, let's wait for GDC to see the Yeti first. We don't know if its going to be an interesting piece of hardware or a streambox level flop.

[Playstation Tablet 1,725]

Also Nintendo and MS are not "teaming up". Nintendo gets a major software boost, marketing boost AKA Halo Infinite on Switch, hardware boost etc. Nintendo hardware grows.

 

MS is flatout sacrificing hardware for service growth. Guess who is going to eat away at MS's hardware base? Sony and Nintendo.

[Remij 4,670]

1 minute ago, Team 2019 said:

Also Nintendo and MS are not "teaming up". Nintendo gets a major software boost, marketing boost AKA Halo Infinite on Switch, hardware boost etc. Nintendo hardware grows.

 

MS is flatout sacrificing hardware for service growth. Guess who is going to eat away at MS's hardware base? Sony and Nintendo.

They haven't sacrificed anything regarding hardware.  People looking for a traditional powerful console will only have the choice between Sony and Xbox.. that's not changing.   

 

 It's hilarious how you think nobody will buy an Xbox console now... ROFL

 

Streaming is EXPANDING their potential market... not REPLACING it..  

[Playstation Tablet 1,725]

2 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

They haven't sacrificed anything regarding hardware.  People looking for a traditional powerful console will only have the choice between Sony and Xbox.. that's not changing.   

 

 It's hilarious how you think nobody will buy an Xbox console now... ROFL

 

Streaming is EXPANDING their potential market... not REPLACING it..  

Parents walk into a store. See Halo on Switch and XBox, the first is a hot platform with Mario and Pokemon, and the second is a more expensive brick with less functionality.

 

This is easily going to cost MS hardware sales. They just evaluated that the hardware hit sales hit is a non factor in front of the growth of XCloud. Sony could also have lobbied PSNow on Switch, except it didn't and is not interested in it and never will be.

[Remij 4,670]

1 minute ago, Team 2019 said:

Parents walk into a store. See Halo on Switch and XBox, the first is a hot platform with Mario and Pokemon, and the second is a more expensive brick with less functionality.

 

This is easily going to cost MS hardware sales. They just evaluated that the hardware hit sales hit is a non factor in front of the growth of XCloud. Sony could also have lobbied PSNow on Switch, except it didn't and is not interested in it and never will be.

 

[Playstation Tablet 1,725]

The team up concept is a joke when the only hardware sales benifactor is Nintendo. Is MS getting Zelda and Mario? No. Is XBox getting extra functionality from Nintendo?

 

The team up is basically MS admitting the hardware market for them is in their eyes a niche, they need to sustain at best for another gen then flatout bail on.

[Playstation Tablet 1,725]

1 minute ago, Remij_ said:

 

Are you suggesting Sony should have lobbied PSNow on Switch, then released God of War 2 and Horizon 2 on Switch for 10 bucks? What a missed opportunity by Sony.

[Remij 4,670]

4 minutes ago, Team 2019 said:

Are you suggesting Sony should have lobbied PSNow on Switch, then released God of War 2 and Horizon 2 on Switch for 10 bucks? What a missed opportunity by Sony.

I'm suggesting that you're an idiot.

[Playstation Tablet 1,725]

Just now, Remij_ said:

I'm suggesting that you're an idiot.

Explain the benefits for Sony for example approaching Nintendo out bidding MS by putting PSNow on Switch, then releasing its 50+ million budget games like Uncharted, Horizon, God of War, Spiderman for even say 20 bucks. The current cost of PSNow. 

[Playstation Tablet 1,725]

Lemme guess Nintendo are idiots by not teaming up with one of streaming services and selling Zelda for $10 on your refrigerator.