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Microsoft bringing Xbox games to Switch
NeoMetallix > 02-22-2019, 02:21 PM
Still just rumors and probably not every game they make but rumors are they are bringing gamepass to Switch along with Live.
Quote:What a day for jeuxvideo.com ! Alongside the specs leaks on Scarlett, jeuxvideo.com reveals the result of an investigation ( over 2 months ) into the upcoming Nintendo and Microsoft partnership. They reveal the following details
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- Nintendo and Microsoft had several meetings in Redmond regarding their upcoming partnership
- They confirm Ori and the Blind Forest will come on the Swith, but Cuphead as well
- More than 100 Xbox games will be available on Switch via Gamepass and/or X Cloud ( before the end of the year )
- Rare games could also come to the Switch. No details, but jeuxvideo.com believes Rare Replay could be a good candidate.
- No mention of Scalebound during their investigation
- Their sources refuses to say if Nintendo games could en up on Microsoft platforms
- A High profile Microsoft franchise ( Halo, Forza or Gears ) could come on the Nintendo Switch. However, they don’t know in what capacity ( 360 port ? Xbox One game ? ). This is still under discussion between Microsoft and Nintendo.
EDIT : just to be clear the High profile Microsoft games - Halo, Gears or Forza - coming to the Switch is not confirmed, so that part is still a rumor.
so here is a recap : [font=roboto, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont,]Confirmed by jeuxvideo.com : meetings between Nintendo and Microsoft, Ori and the Blind Forest, Cuphead, Gamepass and X Cloud coming to the Switch
Rumors : Halo, Forza or Gears and Rare games coming to the Switch
I don't know about you guys but Microsoft making this bold move to monetize the large userbase the Switch will end up with seems to really weaken their brand. Like why would anyone buy an Xbox now that you can play all their games on PC and now they're coming to Switch? It does make sense, they've done pretty bad with the X1. It was leaked that in over 5 years they've just gotten to 41 million since December 2018. 24.8 million of that is from the US. So less than 17M sold around the rest of the world. Take out their next biggest market(UK) and they've only sold an abysmal 11M units so the US is pretty much pulling the weight fro them. But they do have a new console coming out too which might change anything but again why would people look forward to that when they can play the few games they will release elsewhere? -
RE: Microsoft bringing Xbox games to Switch
Zamau > 02-27-2019, 10:52 AM
The rumour of Rare games coming to the Switch, I guess it might be way to get classic games released on a Nintendo console again. Since 007 Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Blast Corps, Jet Force Gemini, Donkey Kong 64 and the two Banjo games on the N64, were never released through the Wii Virtual Console. Rare games, I guess haven't been on a Nintendo console since the GameCube with Starfox Adventures. So if Rare games are coming to the Switch. I think it might be a collection of classic games. -
RE: Microsoft bringing Xbox games to Switch
Kurisu The Fenrir Wolf > 02-27-2019, 11:07 AM
Donkey Kong 64 was on the Wii U Virtual Console. -
RE: Microsoft bringing Xbox games to Switch
NeoMetallix > 02-28-2019, 01:55 PM
It would be cool if they got the old games back on the system but don't expect any new games, if they are made, to be like those classics. A lot of the talent has left and formed Free Radical after the N64 before Microsoft bought them.
