Xbox’s Phil Spencer wants to see fewer platform exclusives, more cross-play in future

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said he’d like to see more game releases that are not tied down to one specific platform, which will in turn allow for more cross-play opportunities.

Chatting to Bloomberg, Spencer stated that platform exclusives are something we were all going to see “less and less of” in future, as he hopes for an industry that encourages people to feel safe and included “regardless of what device” they play on.

Spencer said he also wanted to see more cross-play possibilties on the market. “Maybe you happen in your household to buy an Xbox and I buy a PlayStation and our kids want to play together and they can’t because we bought the wrong piece of plastic to plug into our television,” he explained.

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