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rumors have been swirling recently about a major partnership between microsoft and nintendo. while an alliance like this would have been unheard of only a year ago, nintendo and microsoft have gradually shown an increased willingness to work with each other. the nintendo switch port of minecraft uses xbox live to connect players with each other, enabling crossplay and other features. nintendo and microsoft even collaborated to make a commercial advertising crossplay between the switch and xbox one.I'll do you one better
Why is the Microsoft rep?
since then, rumors of a more substantial collaboration between the two companies have sprung up. it has been widely reported that microsoft intends to bring xbox live to the nintendo switch, the details of which can be seen here.
though the idea of xbox live on the switch may not make sense at first, here’s a brief summary of how the service would function: third party games that rely on online communities and multiplayer communication, such as rocket league, would use xbox live’s features, like party chat and direct messages, while on nintendo switch. nintendo has notoriously failed when it comes to building their online services and being able to use xbox live on the nintendo switch would improve the online experience drastically.
you may ask what microsoft has to gain from bringing xbox live to switch, but as other software giants like apple prepare their own multiplatform gaming services, microsoft is willing to partner with their former competitors to keep up. microsoft is shifting the xbox brand from a gaming console towards a gaming service, intending to bring the xbox brand of gaming to as many devices as possible. one of the most exciting ways microsoft is allegedly accomplishing this is bringing xbox game pass to nintendo switch.
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