Phil Spencer Says Battle for Cross-Play is Not Yet Won - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 May 2020 / 2,453 Views
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer in an interview with IGN Unlocked discussed cross-platform play, cross-buy and cross-progression between different gaming platforms. Spencer says gamers should be able to play with all their friends no matter what platform they are playing on, as well as have the ability to transfer progression and purchased games.
Microsoft has been pushing for cross-play and cross-buy between the Xbox One and Windows PC, and wants to support publishers and developers who want their games to have those features.
There is even a cross-buy feature for the Xbox One and Xbox Series X that Microsoft calls Smart Delivery. If you own the Xbox One version of the game, when you download it on the Xbox Series X it will automatically download the next generation version of the game. Confirmed games to support this includes Gears 5 and Cyberpunk 2077.
"You should be able to play with the people you want to play with," said Spencer. "And if we can support that, and we can be advocates and champions for that, great.
"Tim Sweeney has been out there pushing hard on this. We think cross play, cross progression, cross buy are things that people should be able to expect in this year with the digital currencies and economies that are out there, but yeah, I feel really good that cross place growing in popularity. I still don’t see it everywhere, so the battle is not won."
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I he thinks that strongly about it he should enter merger talks with the playstation division.
I see Phil is still out there slaying imaginary dragons. Meanwhile both Sony and Nintendo are in the habit of bringing their fans actual games. Good games. Not 3rd rate slop like Razor's Edge.
So he is going to push for people that buy a game on PS5 and insert the disc on XSX will be able to play on Xbox?
That's when the battle will truly be over. Which means never.
Exactly, basically he is just talking his PR and trying to win browie points while at the same time begging for Sony to allow them to sell their console without being bothered that friends have a playstation and won't be able to play together. Because what he asks already exist, if everyone want to play together get the same system, be it a PC (optimal choice as you can buy whatever you want) or the same console.
