Microsoft open to more cross-platform play on Switch with future games

Coming from Mike Ybarra, vice president of Xbox...

“It’s more about gamer choice, more about making an IP on our platform last longer. I don’t care about where they play, I just want people to have fun playing games because that’s just better for the industry. The demands of consumers and developers have changed. People are like, ‘we want all of our gamers in one multiplayer pool together, playing’. We totally agree with that. If any developer wants to have that conversation… Valve is right down the street from us, Nintendo is too – they’re like a block from us. We’re having these discussions as developers come up, and we’re completely open to that.”

It's pretty cool of Microsoft to be so open about this. We already know how Microsoft and Nintendo are working together for cross-platform play on games like Minecraft. There's sure to be other multiplatform online games that appear on both Switch and Xbox One. Let's hope Nintendo remains open to the cross-play initiative as well.