Microsoft bringing Xbox Live to the Nintendo Switch have kept fans curious as to the developer's next steps.
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate and both companies recent pushing for cross play between systems, seemed to point at a future filled with console crossovers.
Unfortunately, according to an official statement given to PC-focused version of Xbox Game , which hosts over 100 games from past and present Xbox systems. The company said they "continue to believe deeply in cross play," but stated that looking forward, they "have no plans to further expand our exclusive first party games to other consoles."
In the past year a number of game development studios have been acquired by Microsoft, including Double Fine and Obsidian, which currently have titles slated for release on the Switch. To their credit, Microsoft has promised, "We are aware of some existing commitments to other platforms and will honor them," saying it's only once these past obligations are upheld that the new studios will begin working on new, Xbox exclusive projects.
Although cooperation between competitors can be a nice change of pace from the vitriolic console wars of the past, exclusivity will almost certainly always be a part of the gaming experience. In the same way that companies like Forza on a Nintendo console, some solace can be taken in the fact that competition breeds creativity, and at least we'll never have to witness the frame rate drops such a collaboration would inevitably result in.
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
