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Microsoft might bring Xbox Games Pass to the Nintendo Switch

Move could bring Halo and Gears of War to the hybrid console

MICROSOFT IS REPORTEDLY planning to bring its Xbox Games Pass service
to the Nintendo Switch.

Chatter about Microsoft cosying up to Nintendo is nothing new; earlier
this month, a GDC teaser from Microsoft all-but-confirmed that it will
soon allow developers to integrate Xbox Live features, such cross-
platform achievements, social systems and multiplayer, into games made
for the Switch.

"Get a first look at the SDK to enable game developers to connect
players between iOS, Android, and Switch in addition to Xbox and any
game in the Microsoft Store on Windows PCs.", the not-so-subtle teaser
read.

Now, new rumour via Direct-Feed Games says Microsoft is planning to go
even further and will release an Xbox Live app for Nintendo's
best-selling console. This would allow Switch gamers to access the
firm's now-not-so-secret Project xCloud and, presumably, play the
games from the Halo, Gears of War and Forza franchises.

While the Switch's hardware is somewhat middling compared to
Microsoft's Xbox console, xCloud's, er, cloud-based processing would
allow the hybrid device to play games it wouldn't otherwise be able to handle.

In the video below, Direct-Feed claims: "Microsoft will further their ambitions of expanding their reach to consumers beyond the Xbox
ecosystem, by introducing an Xbox app for the Nintendo Switch, that
will allow use of Games Pass and support Project xCloud."

The same report claims that Microsoft could also go as far as to
publish some of its "exclusive" titles on Switch in the future,
starting with Ori and the Will of the Wisps. µ

A formal Project xCloud announcement is expected at GDC next month, so
it's likely we'll hear something official on this soon; assuming the
rumours are legit.

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