Xbox Game Pass on PlayStation and Switch? Microsoft’s astonishing statement

An essential service in the Xbox ecosystem, the Game Pass could soon take an unexpected turn by landing on PlayStation and Nintendo consoles.

In recent years, Microsoft has gradually withdrawn from the famous “console wars” to concentrate more on the development of its services (Game Pass, X Cloud, etc.). Now confirmed, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft then suggested a desire to make Xbox Game Pass a service that is certainly essential, but above all exclusive to its gaming ecosystem.

However, recent comments made by one of the managers of the Xbox branch now suggest that the manufacturer wants to invade competing consoles with its Game Pass.

Xbox Game Pass: but where is Microsoft going?

Officially launched in June 2017 to the general public, it was not until the following year that Microsoft’s service really took off. In January 2018, the Redmond firm announced the arrival of first-party titles in Game Pass from their marketing day. A choice which will then mark a first shift for the now famous subscription service, and which will materialize the beginnings of an emerging strategy within the Xbox division.

Water has since flowed under the bridge, and Xbox Game Pass continues its rise on PC and consoles. So much so that it could, ultimately, end up on competing platforms, according to recent (and surprising) statements from Microsoft.

If we know the desire of the American juggernaut to want to extend its service to as many screens as possible, and the idea of ​​seeing Game Pass land on Nintendo Switch had already been discussed in the past, Microsoft’s current plans seem more than never go in that direction.

Game Pass soon available on PS5 and Nintendo Switch? This is Microsoft’s desire

Yes, on the occasion of the seventh edition of the Wells Fargo TMT Summit, an annual event organized in the United States, Tim Stuart, financial director at Xbox, declared that he wanted to make Game Pass (and proprietary games of Microsoft) on “ all the screens on which you can play games “.

A choice that he himself considers “ a change of strategy “, since he states that this includes smart TVs, mobile devices, as well as PlayStation and Nintendo consoles, although they were once considered competing platforms.

At the time of writing these lines, we still do not know whether this desire to offer Xbox Game Pass on PS5 and Nintendo Switch (or on next generation consoles) will truly come to fruition.

If Microsoft obviously wants as many users as possible to benefit from its catalog of games, the firm’s objective is, ultimately, to attract the greatest number of consumers to its own ecosystem, whether it is This includes PC, cloud gaming, or even Xbox consoles.

Source : Gamespot