Xbox Boss Says He's No Longer Trying To Move PS5 Players To Xbox

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has discussed why he's no longer trying to get all PlayStation and Nintendo players to come over to Xbox and is instead trying to meet players where they are.

"I'm not trying to move them all over to Xbox anymore," he said on the XboxEra podcast (via VGC). "We're all so invested in where our games are; let's just allow more people to play."

Spencer said it is important to invest in Microsoft's own platforms, in part because it makes a full 100% of revenue from first-party game sales, compared to 70% on PS5 and Switch, with the other 30% going to PlayStation and Nintendo, respectively. But even at 70%, that's "helpful to us being able to build great portfolios," Spencer said.

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