Since Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard and its smorgasbord of development studios, Microsoft (and thus Xbox) has become the largest third-party game publisher ever. So, recent comments from Xbox head Phil Spencer in an interview with Gamertag Radio indicating that forthcoming Xbox games will be released on other platforms, including Nintendo and PlayStation, have caused a large ripple but also make a lot of sense.
These statements ("I want people to be able to experience the games that we build, the services that we offer on as many devices as we can" and "We obviously love the native experience that we have on our own platform and our own hardware, and that's something that will continue for us") come from Danny Peña's Podcast Interviews on YouTube, where he and Parris of Gamertag Radio discussed the future of Xbox with Phil Spencer. The twenty-six-minute interview is chock-full of industry insights and nostalgia on older periods of Xbox history, including the original Xbox and 360 eras.
