"It's a bit of a change of strategy. Not announcing anything broadly here, but our mission is to bring our first-party experiences [and] our subscription services to every screen that can play games. That means smart TVs, that means mobile devices, that means what we would have thought of as competitors in the past like PlayStation and Nintendo." - Tim Stuart, Nov 2023
"Just as we think of ROG Ally and Steam Deck as part of the Xbox community, we need to think of the many Nintendo Switch and PlayStation users as part of the Xbox community in the future." - Phil Spencer, Nov 2023
When everyone plays, we all win 💚 Many of the games in today’s showcase will be available on multiple platforms - enjoy them where you want, however you want.
— Xbox (@Xbox) June 11, 2023
This change has been coming for a while and there were definitely efforts to prepare people for it. "When everybody plays, we all win." I hope when they do address it they are as clear as possible with what to expect in the future. I wonder if they will take the opportunity at the same time to confirm and assure people that future Xbox hardware is coming.
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